microsoft · SophieS0ng · Sep 26, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026 · Sep 18, 2026 · Sep 25, 2026
diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ For everything that isn't an attempt to use the kit (general questions, code exp
    - `/menu`
    - `/troubleshoot`
    - `/flightcheck`
+   - `/org-announcements`
 
 2. **Intent hint — natural-language equivalent.** The user isn't typing a slash-command but is unambiguously asking to *run* the kit from this workspace. Examples:
    - "How do I set up the kit?" / "How do I run setup?" / "Start the ESS Maker Kit"
    - "Run flightcheck" / "Run the readiness check on my agent"
    - "Create a topic" / "Connect ServiceNow" / "Scan my agent for errors" — when phrased as a request to *do it now* in this workspace, not as a general "how does this work?" question.
+   - "Create an organization announcement" / "Post an announcement" / "Manage organization announcements" — when phrased as a request to act in this workspace.
 
    When in doubt, prefer the default behavior (answer normally) over firing the redirect. A user asking "what does /flightcheck do?" is asking a documentation question — answer it from the README and `solutions/ess-maker-skills/` files; do **not** redirect.
 
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ When (and only when) the trigger conditions above are met, respond with **only**
 > 2. Navigate **inside** this folder, then **into** `solutions`, and select `ess-maker-skills`
 > 3. Click `Select Folder`
 > 4. VS Code will reopen with the kit loaded
-> 5. Type `/setup` again — it will work this time
+> 5. Type your command again — use `/setup` for setup or `/org-announcements` for announcements
 >
 > See the [README](README.md) for the full getting-started walkthrough.
 >

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ jobs:
         tests/mcp/agentconfig
         tests/scripts/test_setup_preserves_title_id.py
         tests/scripts/test_validate_branding.py
+        tests/scripts/test_maker_profile_vsix.py
         -q
 
     - name: Test ESS Maker Quick Actions
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ jobs:
       run: >-
         python -m pytest
         tests/mcp/agentconfig_org_announcements
+        tests/setup/test_foundation_setup_router.py
         -q
 
   flightcheck-tests:

diff --git a/setup/README.md b/setup/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ iex (irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/Employee-Self-Service-Agent
 
 This installs everything the standard installer does, plus the **ESS Maker Profile** extension which provides:
 - A chat-only layout with all developer surfaces hidden
-- Big-button "Quick Actions" rail for common tasks (Connect, Customize landing page, Create, Scan, FlightCheck, Push)
+- Big-button "Quick Actions" rail for common tasks (Setup, Customize landing page, Post an announcement, Create, Scan, FlightCheck, Push)
 - A built-in tutorial explaining each button
 
 You can switch between lite mode and standard VS Code at any time using the toggle buttons in the Quick Actions panel.

diff --git a/solutions/ess-maker-skills/.github/copilot-instructions.md b/solutions/ess-maker-skills/.github/copilot-instructions.md
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ Order of grounding sources (highest to lowest):
    microsoft/CopilotStudioSamples Employee Self-Service Agent samples.
 3. `src/skills/` - kit-shipped skill instructions for /create, /update,
    /delete, /test, /scan, /evaluate, /push, /flightcheck,
-   /backup-template-configs, /restore-template-configs, and landing-page
-   configuration.
+   /backup-template-configs, /restore-template-configs, /org-announcements,
+   and landing-page configuration.
 4. `src/reference/` (other subfolders) - additional kit-shipped guidance.
 5. Web fetch / general knowledge - only when none of the above answer the
    question and only after telling the user you're falling back.
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ After a successful push, `.baseline/` is updated to match the new state.
 | Re-apply / put back Workday reference-data customisations | `src/skills/restore-template-configs/SKILL.md` |
 | View or configure ESS landing-page branding, quick links, starter prompts, insight cards, name, or icon | `src/skills/landing-page-config/SKILL.md` |
 | Invoke any tool from the `ess-landing-page-config` MCP server | `src/skills/landing-page-config/SKILL.md` |
+| Create, edit, republish, archive, or manage organization announcements or bulletins | `src/skills/org-announcements/SKILL.md` |
+| Invoke any tool from the `ess-org-announcements` MCP server | `src/skills/org-announcements/SKILL.md` |
 
 **Trigger phrases for connect:** "connect ServiceNow", "set up ServiceNow",
 "integrate ServiceNow", "connect Workday", "set up Workday", "add ServiceNow",
@@ -346,6 +348,18 @@ links, starter prompts, Stay Up to Date, Quick Access, the agent name, or the
 agent icon, or asks what any landing-page setting controls for employees. Do
 not call an AgentConfiguration MCP tool from a generic flow.
 
+**Org Announcements invocation:** Before invoking ANY tool from the
+`ess-org-announcements` MCP server, read and follow
+`src/skills/org-announcements/SKILL.md`. Its own `list_agent_configs` and
+`search_agents` tools resolve missing deployed titleIds; do not start or call
+the landing-page server for announcement discovery. This applies whether the user asks to
+see, create, edit, republish, archive, or delete an announcement, mentions
+announcements, org announcements, bulletins, or alerts, or asks who an
+announcement reaches. Org Announcements are scoped to the authenticated tenant
+and selected deployed agent's required `titleId`. The tenant is token-derived;
+the title is not an audience group or author permission. Do not call an Org
+Announcements MCP tool from a generic flow.
+
 **FlightCheck results rendering:** When presenting `/flightcheck` results (Step 3
 of `src/skills/flightcheck/SKILL.md`), read `workspace/flightcheck/results.json`
 with your file-reading tool and format the summary banner and tables **yourself,

diff --git a/solutions/ess-maker-skills/.github/prompts/menu.prompt.md b/solutions/ess-maker-skills/.github/prompts/menu.prompt.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Here's what I can help you with:
 | Command | What it does |
 |---------|-------------|
 | `/landing-page` | Configure the branding and content employees see when they open the ESS agent |
+| `/org-announcements` | Create and manage announcements for the selected deployed ESS agent |
 | `/connect` | Type Enter to connect ServiceNow or Workday to your agent |
 | `/create` | Create a simple topic with evals, a workflow, or an evaluation test set |
 | `/update` | Update a simple topic with evals, a workflow, or an evaluation test set |

diff --git a/solutions/ess-maker-skills/.github/prompts/org-announcements.prompt.md b/solutions/ess-maker-skills/.github/prompts/org-announcements.prompt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+mode: agent
+description: "Create and manage announcements for the selected ESS agent"
+---
+
+# Org Announcements
+
+Read `src/skills/org-announcements/SKILL.md` and follow it.
diff --git a/solutions/ess-maker-skills/.vscode/mcp.defaults.json b/solutions/ess-maker-skills/.vscode/mcp.defaults.json
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
       "command": "{pythonExecutable}",
       "args": ["server.py"],
       "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/src/mcp/agentconfig_landing_page"
+    },
+    "ess-org-announcements": {
+      "command": "{pythonExecutable}",
+      "args": ["server.py"],
+      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/src/mcp/agentconfig_org_announcements"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/solutions/ess-maker-skills/README.md b/solutions/ess-maker-skills/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,47 @@ Copilot Studio and deployed to the organization. `/setup` installs and extracts
 the Power Platform agent; publication, admin approval, and Integrated apps
 deployment are separate steps.
 
+### 📢 Post Organization Announcements
+
+Publish announcements for the selected deployed ESS agent and its audiences. Run
+`/org-announcements`, ask `Create an announcement`, or use the **Post an
+announcement** Quick Action.
+
+- **Standard announcements** carry a title, description, priority, and up to two
+  actions.
+- **Alerts** carry a single link action for time-sensitive notices.
+- **Audiences** are security groups, mail-enabled security groups, or classic
+  distribution groups, searched by name or email in one combined query.
+- **Scheduling** publishes an announcement for a start/end window, and expired
+  announcements can be published again through the normal editor after reviewing
+  and updating their schedule.
+- **Lifecycle** actions archive, unarchive, move back to draft, duplicate, or
+  delete an announcement.
+
+Describe the announcement in chat and the kit opens a pre-filled editor for you
+to review — nothing is saved until you publish or save a draft in that editor.
+
+Org Announcements are **scoped to the authenticated tenant and selected agent's
+`titleId`**, not shared across agents. The current 100 limit and latest 50
+archive window apply per tenant-and-agent pair. There is no tenant-wide fallback.
+The title is resolved using `list_agent_configs` and `search_agents` on the
+`ess-org-announcements` provider. Discovery shares neutral Python code with the
+landing-page provider, but does not require its MCP process or initialize its
+configuration. Announcement authoring
+requires the Org Announcements feature to be enabled for your tenant, and
+audience search requires the `Directory.Read.All` Microsoft Graph permission to
+be consented in your tenant.
+
+Graph uses a separate resource token for the same authoring tenant and account.
+The current account-context check requires readable `tid` and `oid` claims;
+opaque tokens or credentials missing those claims return an explicit
+authentication failure rather than using a different account. The API still
+validates tokens and authorizes every request.
+
+This development surface requires the matching agent-qualified v1.1 backend
+and scoped widget. The MCP rejects unscoped canonical responses instead of
+silently consuming records from an older backend.
+
 ### 📖 Pre-Loaded ESS Documentation, Samples & Best Practices
 
 The kit ships with a complete reference library that the AI agent reads at task time — you don't need to look anything up yourself.
@@ -332,6 +373,7 @@ Then **run `/setup`** in GitHub Copilot Chat to configure your environment.
 |---------|-------------|
 | `/setup` | First-time environment setup — authenticate, discover agent, extract, configure |
 | `/landing-page` | Configure landing-page branding and content |
+| `/org-announcements` | Create and manage announcements for the selected ESS agent |
 | `/connect` | Connect an external system (ServiceNow, Workday) — guided setup with MCP verification |
 | `/create` | Create an eval-driven topic, workflow, or evaluation test set |
 | `/update` | Update a simple topic with evals, a workflow, or an evaluation test set |

diff --git a/solutions/ess-maker-skills/src/skills/foundation-setup/SKILL.md b/solutions/ess-maker-skills/src/skills/foundation-setup/SKILL.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This is the single integration-neutral `/setup` entry point. It owns only:
 - preferred unmanaged solution configuration;
 - HR and/or IT ESS starter installation;
 - baseline readiness;
-- the handoff to `/connect`.
+- the handoff to the available maker entry points.
 
 Workday, ServiceNow, SAP SuccessFactors, authentication, extension packs, and topics
 are explicitly outside this skill.
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ overwrite corrupt state silently.
 If `connect_ready` is true, inspect `.local/config.json`:
 
 - If its `setup` value is `"complete"`, show that foundation and workspace setup
-  are complete. Tell the maker they can run `/landing-page` or `/connect`, or
-  type `/menu` to see every capability.
+  are complete. Tell the maker they can run `/landing-page`,
+  `/org-announcements`, or `/connect`, or type `/menu` to see every capability.
 - Otherwise read `src/skills/onboarding/foundation-bootstrap.md` and follow it.
   The bootstrap must reuse `environment.tenant_endpoint`, must not render
   another setup checklist, and must proceed directly to the installed-agent

diff --git a/solutions/ess-maker-skills/src/skills/foundation-setup/handoff.md b/solutions/ess-maker-skills/src/skills/foundation-setup/handoff.md
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ checklist. When it completes:
 Your ESS foundation and local workspace are complete.
 
 Run `/landing-page` to configure branding and the content employees see. Run
-`/connect` to choose an integration. Topic creation remains a separate
-`/create` workflow.
+`/org-announcements` to post an announcement for your selected deployed agent,
+or run `/connect` to choose an integration. Topic creation remains a separate
+`/create` workflow. Type `/menu` to see every capability.
 
 **End message.**
diff --git a/solutions/ess-maker-skills/src/skills/onboarding/SKILL.md b/solutions/ess-maker-skills/src/skills/onboarding/SKILL.md
@@ -51,14 +51,17 @@ Before showing the message, run this command without showing it to the user:
 
 ```powershell
 python -m pip install -r scripts/requirements.txt
+python -m pip install -r src/mcp/agentconfig_landing_page/requirements.txt
+python -m pip install -r src/mcp/agentconfig_org_announcements/requirements.txt
 ```
 
 If dependency installation fails, show the error and stop.
 
 **Message:**
 
 Setup is already complete! Run `/landing-page` to configure the branding and
-content employees see, or type `/menu` to see everything you can do.
+content employees see, `/org-announcements` to post an announcement for your
+selected deployed agent, or type `/menu` to see everything you can do.
 
 **End message.**
 

diff --git a/solutions/ess-maker-skills/src/skills/onboarding/step1.md b/solutions/ess-maker-skills/src/skills/onboarding/step1.md
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ Run this command in the terminal without showing it to the user:
 
 ```powershell
 python -m pip install -r src/mcp/agentconfig_landing_page/requirements.txt
+python -m pip install -r src/mcp/agentconfig_org_announcements/requirements.txt
 ```
 
 If installation fails, show the error and stop.

diff --git a/solutions/ess-maker-skills/src/skills/onboarding/step2.md b/solutions/ess-maker-skills/src/skills/onboarding/step2.md
@@ -79,9 +79,13 @@ You can customize the active agent's landing page from chat, including accent
 colors, categorized starter prompts, quick links, Stay up to date cards, and
 Quick Access cards. Run `/landing-page` whenever you're ready.
 
+You can also post announcements for the selected deployed ESS agent and its
+chosen audiences. Run `/org-announcements` to create or manage them.
+
 | Command | What it does |
 |---------|-------------|
 | `/landing-page` | Configure landing-page branding and content |
+| `/org-announcements` | Create and manage announcements for the selected ESS agent |
 | `/create` | Create a new topic or workflow |
 | `/connect` | Set up ServiceNow or Workday integration |
 | `/scan` | Scan for compile errors |