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Use your standards.md file with Microsoft Copilot to get brand-aware responses in any conversation.
For a persistent setup, Microsoft Copilot Studio supports adding public URLs as knowledge sources and connecting MCP servers. This requires an admin or developer to configure through Copilot Studio rather than the standard Copilot chat.
Paste the share link directly into a conversation. The link always points to your latest published guidelines.
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Copy the share link

From the AI settings page in Standards, click the copy button on the standards.md card.
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Paste into Copilot

Open Microsoft Copilot, start a new conversation, and paste the link into the message input along with your prompt. For example: “Here are my brand guidelines: [paste link]. Write a company announcement following these guidelines.”

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Upload the file

You can download the file and attach it directly to a conversation.
Uploaded files are a snapshot and will not reflect changes published after the file was downloaded. Re-download after publishing to stay current.
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Download your standards.md file

From the AI settings page in Standards, click the download button on the standards.md card to save the file to your computer.
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Start a new Copilot conversation

Open Microsoft Copilot and start a new conversation.
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Attach the file

Click the + icon in the message input and select Add images or files, then choose your downloaded standards.md file.
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Ask a question

With the file attached, ask Copilot to reference your brand guidelines. For example: “Using the attached brand guidelines, draft an internal email about our updated visual identity.”