Introduction

With the rise of Copilot Studio and Azure AI Studio, developers and business users are building intelligent copilots. But one big question is — how do these copilots understand complex tasks?

That’s where Prompt Flow comes in.

Think of Prompt Flow as a workflow for large language models (LLMs). It orchestrates multiple prompts, tools, and logic together, so your AI assistant doesn't just respond like ChatGPT, but behaves more like a real smart application.

💡 What is Prompt Flow?

A Prompt Flow is a visual and logical representation of how prompts, inputs, and outputs flow within your AI application.

📌 It’s like building a logic app or Power Automate flow — but here, your actions are prompt nodes, tool calls, and language model responses.

🏗️ Key Components

  1. Prompt Nodes – Prompts that talk to the LLM (like GPT-4).

  2. Tools – External APIs or functions (e.g., calling a weather API, calculator, etc.)

  3. Inputs/Outputs – Flow variables that carry user data across nodes.

  4. Conditional Logic – If-else kind of rules to change flow behavior.

🧪 Example: "Build a Resume Assistant Copilot"

Let’s say you're building a Resume Assistant Copilot to help freshers format resumes.

🌐 Scenario:

User types:

"I am a software developer with 2 years of experience in C# and .NET. Make my resume summary."

🔁 Here's How Prompt Flow Works:

User Input → Preprocessing Node → Resume Summary Prompt → Response Output

🔹 Step-by-Step in Prompt Flow:

  1. Input Node
    Takes user input (like resume details).

  2. Preprocessing Prompt Node
    A small LLM prompt:

    Extract name, experience, and technologies from the following user input:
{user_input}

  3. Main Prompt Node
    Another LLM prompt using extracted data:

    Create a professional resume summary for someone named {name} with {experience} and skills in {technologies}.

  4. Output Node
    Shows the final AI-generated resume summary.

✅ Output Example:

🧾 Generated Summary:

A passionate software developer with 2 years of hands-on experience in building .NET applications using C#. Skilled in backend development, debugging, and collaborative Agile projects.

🔧 Tech Behind It

You can build Prompt Flows using:

  • Azure AI Studio (Visual Designer)

  • YAML or Python SDK (for devs who love code)

  • Copilot Studio (for low-code/no-code users)

💬 Why Should You Use Prompt Flow?

  • Better modular AI development

  • Easy debugging and testing

  • Combine multiple AI calls and tools

  • Add custom logic, grounding, or RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

👨‍💻 Final Thoughts

Prompt Flow is like Power Automate for AI — instead of calling connectors and logic, you orchestrate prompts and tools.

As a Power Platform or AI developer, learning this is key to building real-world Copilots that go beyond basic Q&A.

✍️ By Gowtham Rajamanickam
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