bcquality/community/knowledge/agents/instruction-structure-is-role-rules-steps.md
Stefano Demiliani 2d0913568e feat(community/agents): add AL agent quality guidance
- add 20 agent knowledge rules with good and bad AL samples
- clarify setup dialog shape, temporary persistence, permissions, profiles, instructions, capability registration, and interface wiring
- add the community-owned AL agents review skill
- make review fixture discovery layer-aware with custom, community, and Microsoft precedence
- document layer-aware evaluation behavior
2026-08-23 22:10:10 +02:00

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---
bc-version: [27..]
domain: agents
keywords: [instructions, responsibilities, guidelines, steps, setinstructions]
technologies: [al]
countries: [w1]
application-area: [all]
---
# Instruction documents use responsibilities, guidelines, then ordered steps
## Description
The runtime treats instructions as the agent's standing prompt. A one-line goal produces inconsistent navigation. Microsoft's instruction framework is three layers: responsibilities (what the agent owns), guidelines (rules for every task), and instructions (ordered steps per task, with substeps). That structure is BC-specific, not generic prompt flavour.
## Best Practice
Store a document that states responsibilities, then non-negotiable guidelines (when to request a review, when not to post), then numbered steps for each task. Keep that text in the resource you pass to `SetInstructions`.
See sample: `instruction-structure-is-role-rules-steps.good.al`.
## Anti Pattern
A single sentence such as Check customer credit for the sales order. Detection signal: instruction resource or `SetInstructions` payload with no responsibilities / guidelines / steps sections.
See sample: `instruction-structure-is-role-rules-steps.bad.al`.
## See also
`instructions-describe-work-not-tool-ids.md` and `use-documented-instruction-keywords.md` define how to write the steps inside this structure.