{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "copilot-studio-mcp", "name": "Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP", "vendor": "Microsoft", "vendorUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/", "kind": "mcp", "category": "workflow-automation", "summary": "Microsoft's official MCP server for Copilot Studio, a local stdio bridge run with npx. After Microsoft work-account sign-in it exposes Copilot Studio's hosted tools for building, testing and monitoring agents and workflows, and for connector setup.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/copilot-studio-mcp", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/copilot-studio-mcp.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/copilot-studio-mcp.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/copilot-studio-mcp.json", "repo": "https://github.com/microsoft/copilot-studio-mcp", "license": "No licence in the npm package. The GitHub repository's LICENSE is MIT, but the repository holds no source code", "transports": [ "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@microsoft/copilot-studio-mcp" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "Microsoft Entra ID sign-in with a work or school account, in the browser through a localhost redirect, using a fixed public client (the VS Code client, `51f81489-12ee-4a9e-aaae-a2591f45987d`). Client-ID and tenant overrides are not supported, and personal Microsoft accounts are refused. The bridge requests delegated Power Platform API scopes per step, which are `EnvironmentManagement.Environments.Read` for discovery, `CopilotFlows.ChatAssistant.Execute` for the Copilot Studio service, and `Connectivity.Connectors.Read`, `Connectivity.Connections.Read` and `Connectivity.Connections.Write` for connector setup. Tokens stay in process memory and are discarded on sign-out or exit, so each restart needs a new sign-in. No device-code or service-principal route was found in the package (checked 2026-10-17). The README says installing the package grants no licence, tenant consent or environment permission.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "The package is free. Use of Copilot Studio is measured in Copilot Credits, sold as tenant-wide packs of 25,000 credits at $200.00 a pack a month, as a pay-as-you-go meter billed to an Azure subscription, or as a one-year prepurchase plan, per Microsoft's pricing page. For agents, workflows and apps on the GitHub Copilot harness, credits are charged from the moment building starts, including previews, tests and evaluations, and credits per task vary. An individual can sign up for a Copilot Studio trial with a work account, but the trial article covers the standard harness and trial agents can't be published. No card requirement was stated on the pages read (checked 2026-10-17).", "priceSummary": "$200 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the package source, README, pricing page or billing docs (checked 2026-10-17). Credits are bought through Microsoft licensing or an Azure subscription.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 14, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-17" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@microsoft/copilot-studio-mcp", "registryName": "com.microsoft/copilot-studio", "capabilities": [ "automation.workflows", "automation.apps" ], "tags": [ "official", "mcp", "local", "npm", "oauth", "entra-id", "enterprise", "usage-priced", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.1, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 821, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1184, "categoryRank": 16, "methodology": "0.5", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 62, "maintenance": 55, "payments": 20, "reliability": 46, "schema": 53, "security": 70, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Entra sign-in with per-resource scopes, tokens kept only in memory, and a plan-then-confirm step before connector writes. The package is a day old, the linked MIT repository holds no source, no changelog or support channel exists, the five cloud tools' schemas are visible only after sign-in, and workflow tests run live workflows billed in Copilot Credits.", "bestFor": "Teams already on Copilot Studio that want a coding agent or CLI to build, test, deploy and monitor Copilot Studio agents and workflows, and to set up their connectors.", "strengths": [ "Microsoft Entra sign-in with delegated Power Platform scopes requested per step, tokens held only in memory and personal accounts refused", "Connector setup is split into a read-only plan and a write that needs the plan ID and `confirm: true`", "All nine local tools carry readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and idempotentHint annotations, and the connector write is marked destructive", "Errors say whether a write may have completed and whether a retry is safe, with distinct network cause codes", "Listed in the official MCP registry under the DNS-verified `com.microsoft` namespace" ], "weaknesses": [ "First published on 16 October 2026, with two releases and no release notes or changelog", "The repository holds no source, and the npm package carries no licence, so the MIT label covers only an empty repository", "The five service tools are dispatchers taking `action` and `parameters`, and their schemas are readable only after sign-in", "No headless sign-in. Each restart needs a browser sign-in with a work account", "SUPPORT.md is Microsoft's unedited template, so no support channel is named" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `copilot_studio_status` first and reuse a ready session. Don't reconnect or reselect an environment to start a new task", "Read an action's contract with `discover_resources` and `action=describe_actions` before building unfamiliar `parameters`", "Ask the person before testing a workflow. Tests run published, enabled workflows and can have real effects", "Never retry an uncertain write. Inspect the agent, workflow or connection first, as the error text says", "Expect a browser sign-in after every restart. Tell the person a window is opening and never ask for credentials in chat" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.5", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 62, "maintenance": 55, "payments": 20, "reliability": 46, "schema": 53, "security": 70, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 83 }, "connect": { "install": "npx -y @microsoft/copilot-studio-mcp@latest", "config": { "mcpServers": { "copilot-studio-mcp": { "args": [ "-y", "@microsoft/copilot-studio-mcp@latest" ], "command": "npx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/automation.workflows", "tool": "https://letme.dev/copilot-studio-mcp" }, "sameCompany": [ "azure-foundry-fine-tuning", "azure-ai-content-safety", "azure-speech-to-text", "azure-text-to-speech", "microsoft-agent-framework", "microsoft-execution-containers", "microsoft-entra-agent-id", "azure-key-vault", "azure-document-intelligence", "azure-devops-mcp", "microsoft-learn-mcp", "playwright-mcp", "azure-mcp", "azure-maps", "azure-translator", "microsoft-graph-calendar", "azure-blob-storage", "onedrive-sharepoint", "microsoft-teams", "dynamics-365-sales", "power-automate", "foundry-local", "microsoft-decision-1", "microsoft-advertising-api", "microsoft-excel-graph", "outlook-mail-graph", "microsoft-graph-people" ], "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Copilot Credit pack, 25,000 credits", "unit": "month", "usd": 200, "note": "Tenant-wide. Pay-as-you-go through an Azure subscription and a one-year prepurchase plan also exist. The package adds no charge" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Microsoft Corporation", "domain": "microsoft.com", "domainRegistered": "1991-05-02", "domainNote": "The bridge connects to api.powerplatform.com, environment.api.powerplatform.com and login.microsoftonline.com, all Microsoft domains. microsoft.com publishes a security.txt, but it passed its Expires date on 2026-09-23.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2182773", "privacy": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement", "statusPage": "https://status.cloud.microsoft", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-17", "notes": [ "The repository's LICENSE reads Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, and the npm package is published by Microsoft's `microsoft1es` and `microsoft-oss-releases` accounts.", "Copilot Studio's security and governance page says the service is governed by the customer's commercial agreements, the Microsoft Product Terms (the terms link) and the Data Protection Addendum. Neither document was read today.", "The privacy link is the Microsoft privacy statement, carried from our other Microsoft listings and not read again today.", "https://www.microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt carries Expires 2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z when read on 2026-10-17, with the MSRC researcher portal as contact.", "status.cloud.microsoft returned only its page shell to our reader. Power Platform service health for a tenant is in the admin centres behind an admin sign-in.", "No changelog was found for the package. Its npm versions carry no release notes and the repository has no tags or CHANGELOG file.", "Domain registration date carried from our other Microsoft listings (RDAP, 1991-05-02), not looked up again today." ], "score": 83 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/copilot-studio-mcp.json", "live": { "slug": "copilot-studio-mcp", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.cloud.microsoft", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:36:49.179959741Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "com.microsoft/copilot-studio", "version": "1.0.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-20T07:39:46.124332652Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@microsoft/copilot-studio-mcp", "version": "1.0.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-20T04:44:09.797600575Z" } ], "githubStars": 1, "npmWeekly": 507, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "expired", "expires": "2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-20T15:57:46.11329722Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "microsoft.com", "registered": "1991-05-02", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/microsoft.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:35:57.721764763Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2182773", "kind": "terms", "status": 0, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:49:27.376346325Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "blockedByRobots": true } ], "github": { "repo": "microsoft/copilot-studio-mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T06:28:19.228997718Z", "stars": 0, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": false, "pushedAt": "2026-10-17T21:49:38Z", "openIssues": 0, "openPRs": 1, "issuesOpened90d": 0, "issuesClosed90d": 0, "prsMerged90d": 2 }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T00:49:27.376346325Z" } }, "answer": "Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Motive Agents's 24.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "motive-agents", "name": "Motive Agents", "vendor": "Motive Technologies, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://gomotive.com/products/platform/", "kind": "platform", "category": "workflow-automation", "summary": "Motive Agents are trigger-and-action automations inside Motive's fleet management platform. Fleet admins set conditions on safety, maintenance and idling data, and Agents send alerts, assign training, open work orders or have Motive's Atlas assistant call drivers.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/motive-agents", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/motive-agents.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/motive-agents.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/motive-agents.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Motive's Terms of Service (effective 7 July 2025, governed by California law, with AAA arbitration and a class action waiver for US customers). No open-source code or published package was found", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Agents are built and run in the Motive Fleet Dashboard by signed-in users. The Automations permission is given to Admin users by default and to other roles through Fleet User Permissions. No API key, OAuth scope, webhook or MCP tool for Agents was found. Motive's Public API (OAuth 2.0 or an X-Api-Key) and its hosted MCP server (OAuth, fleet admin accounts only) cover fleet data, not Agents.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Contact sales. Agents are available to existing Motive customers and the launch posts say to talk to a Motive representative. gomotive.com/pricing redirects to a contact form, and no price, add-on fee or trial for Agents was found. Training actions need a Workforce Management subscription and in-cab voice outreach needs AI Dashcam Plus.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the launch posts, the help centre articles, the developer portal or the terms (checked 2026-10-20). Agents have no callable endpoint.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-20" }, "docsUrl": "https://helpcenter.gomotive.com/hc/en-us/articles/35740730387101-Automations", "capabilities": [ "automation.workflows" ], "tags": [ "not-for-agents", "official", "hosted", "closed-source", "sales-led", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-19", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 24.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1126, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1184, "categoryRank": 19, "methodology": "0.5", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 5, "maintenance": 35, "payments": 0, "reliability": 50, "schema": 7, "security": 35, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-20" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-18, -2. Motive's blog post \"Motive launches AI-powered Agents\" (dated 27 May 2026, last modified 18 October 2026) says \"Agents can be set up using guided workflows, pre-built templates, or natural language\", while the 19 October launch blog and press release list describing an Agent in plain language as \"Coming early 2027\". A current page presents a feature as available that the vendor's own launch says isn't, so the deduction is the minimum (https://gomotive.com/blog/ai-fleet-agents/, https://gomotive.com/blog/motive-launches-ai-agents/)" ], "verdict": "Agents let Motive fleet admins turn safety, maintenance and idling events into alerts, training, work orders and in-cab calls from the Fleet Dashboard, on a platform with a 99.99 per cent dashboard SLA and audited security reports. No API, webhook or MCP tool covers Agents, so an outside agent can't create, run or read them.", "bestFor": "Fleet operators already on Motive who want rules that act on telematics, safety and maintenance events without a person watching alerts.", "strengths": [ "Trigger, condition and action builder with templates for coaching, maintenance, fuel and safety, per the help centre", "Access is an Automations permission, held by Admin users by default and granted to other roles explicitly", "The hub shows who last changed each Agent, its last run and its runs in the last 30 days", "Public status page with incident history, and a 99.99 per cent monthly uptime SLA with credits for the Fleet Dashboard", "Trust centre lists SOC 2 Type II, SOC 1 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27701 and PCI DSS" ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, webhook or MCP tool an outside agent can use to create, run or read Agents", "Pricing is through sales, with no published price or trial for Agents", "A Motive page edited on 18 October says Agents can be set up in natural language, while the launch post lists that for early 2027", "Plain-language and goal-based Agents and the Motive-built library aren't available yet", "Safety events were delayed for about 17 hours on 6 and 7 October 2026, and Agents trigger on those events" ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Motive Agents. They're built and run by people in the Motive Fleet Dashboard", "For Motive fleet data, use Motive's Public API or its MCP server instead, with the customer's admin authorisation", "Ask the fleet's Motive admin to set up or change an Agent, and describe the trigger, condition and action you need", "Expect Agents to place real calls to drivers and mark vehicles out of service, so confirm with the fleet manager before suggesting one" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.5", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 24.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 5, "maintenance": 35, "payments": 0, "reliability": 50, "schema": 7, "security": 35, "transparency": 38 }, "provenanceScore": 80 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/automation.workflows", "tool": "https://letme.dev/motive-agents" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Motive Technologies, Inc.", "domain": "gomotive.com", "domainRegistered": "2005-03-28", "domainNote": "RDAP for gomotive.com gives a registration date of 2005-03-28.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://gomotive.com/legal/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "https://gomotive.com/legal/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.gomotive.com/", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-20", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service are effective 7 July 2025 and keep a dated list of changes. Product data is governed by the terms and the Data Protection Addendum they incorporate.", "The privacy policy (last reviewed 15 June 2026) covers the website only and says Motive's business products are governed by the Terms of Service.", "gomotive.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. The trust centre gives security@gomotive.com for reports.", "The developer portal's ReadMe changelog shows no entries, and no changelog for Agents was found." ], "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/motive-agents.json", "live": { "slug": "motive-agents", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.gomotive.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:37:20.980462698Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://gomotive.com/legal/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:49:28.667179216Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a5ca220d0f3b" }, { "url": "https://gomotive.com/legal/terms-of-service/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:49:32.8754578Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "19015041a5cb" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T00:49:32.8754578Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "MCP server", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Microsoft", "b": "Motive Technologies, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "stdio", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "No licence in the npm package. The GitHub repository's LICENSE is MIT, but the repository holds no source code", "b": "Proprietary service under Motive's Terms of Service (effective 7 July 2025, governed by California law, with AAA arbitration and a class action waiver for US customers). No open-source code or published package was found", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "14", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.microsoft/copilot-studio", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-10-16", "b": "2026-10-19", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-01", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (4)", "b": "2/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Motive Agents's 24.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP or Motive Agents?" }, { "answer": "Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. No hosted endpoint is listed for Motive Agents.", "question": "Can an agent call Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP and Motive Agents without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 53 against 7", "Agent ergonomics, 62 against 5", "Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 35", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 0", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 55 against 35", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 59" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.5 against 2.0 out of 5" ], "goodFor": "Teams already on Copilot Studio that want a coding agent or CLI to build, test, deploy and monitor Copilot Studio agents and workflows, and to set up their connectors.", "slug": "copilot-studio-mcp", "watchFor": "First published on 16 October 2026, with two releases and no release notes or changelog" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "Fleet operators already on Motive who want rules that act on telematics, safety and maintenance events without a person watching alerts.", "slug": "motive-agents", "watchFor": "No API, webhook or MCP tool an outside agent can use to create, run or read Agents" } ], "job": { "capability": "automation.workflows", "name": "Workflow automation" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/activepieces-vs-copilot-studio-mcp.json", "title": "Activepieces API + MCP vs Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/activepieces-vs-copilot-studio-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/activepieces-vs-motive-agents.json", "title": "Activepieces API + MCP vs Motive Agents", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/activepieces-vs-motive-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/copilot-studio-mcp-vs-gumloop.json", "title": "Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP vs Gumloop", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/copilot-studio-mcp-vs-gumloop" }, { "json": 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ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 35, "copilot-studio-mcp": 70, "edge": "copilot-studio-mcp", "key": "security", "motive-agents": 35, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "copilot-studio-mcp": 20, "edge": "copilot-studio-mcp", "key": "payments", "motive-agents": 0, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 20, "copilot-studio-mcp": 55, "edge": "copilot-studio-mcp", "key": "maintenance", "motive-agents": 35, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 6, "copilot-studio-mcp": 65, "edge": "copilot-studio-mcp", "key": "transparency", "motive-agents": 59, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Motive Agents's 24.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do workflow automation.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "copilot-studio-mcp": "Entra sign-in with per-resource scopes, tokens kept only in memory, and a plan-then-confirm step before connector writes. The package is a day old, the linked MIT repository holds no source, no changelog or support channel exists, the five cloud tools' schemas are visible only after sign-in, and workflow tests run live workflows billed in Copilot Credits.", "motive-agents": "Agents let Motive fleet admins turn safety, maintenance and idling events into alerts, training, work orders and in-cab calls from the Fleet Dashboard, on a platform with a 99.99 per cent dashboard SLA and audited security reports. No API, webhook or MCP tool covers Agents, so an outside agent can't create, run or read them." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/copilot-studio-mcp-vs-motive-agents", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/copilot-studio-mcp-vs-motive-agents.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/copilot-studio-mcp-vs-motive-agents.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/copilot-studio-mcp-vs-motive-agents.min.md" }, "markdown": "Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Motive Agents's 24.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do workflow automation.\n\n- Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP: grade D, 53.1/100, rank #821 of 1184. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/copilot-studio-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/copilot-studio-mcp.json\n- Motive Agents: grade F, 24.3/100, rank #1126 of 1184. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/motive-agents.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/motive-agents.json\n- Best workflow automation platforms with APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/workflow-automation/index.md\n- All 154 workflows comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/workflow-automation/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP (D)\n\nGood for: Teams already on Copilot Studio that want a coding agent or CLI to build, test, deploy and monitor Copilot Studio agents and workflows, and to set up their connectors.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 53 against 7\n- Agent ergonomics, 62 against 5\n- Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 35\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 55 against 35\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 59\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.5 against 2.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: First published on 16 October 2026, with two releases and no release notes or changelog\n\n### Motive Agents (F)\n\nGood for: Fleet operators already on Motive who want rules that act on telematics, safety and maintenance events without a person watching alerts.\n\nWatch for: No API, webhook or MCP tool an outside agent can use to create, run or read Agents\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP | Motive Agents | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 46 | 50 | Motive Agents +4 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 7 | Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP +46 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 5 | Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP +57 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 70 | 35 | Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP +35 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 0 | Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 55 | 35 | Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP +20 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 59 | Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **53.1 · D** | **24.3 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP | Motive Agents |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | Platform |\n| Vendor | Microsoft | Motive Technologies, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | stdio | |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | No licence in the npm package. The GitHub repository's LICENSE is MIT, but the repository holds no source code | Proprietary service under Motive's Terms of Service (effective 7 July 2025, governed by California law, with AAA arbitration and a class action waiver for US customers). No open-source code or published package was found |\n| Tools exposed | 14 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| MCP registry | `com.microsoft/copilot-studio` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-19 |\n| Terms last updated | | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP.** Entra sign-in with per-resource scopes, tokens kept only in memory, and a plan-then-confirm step before connector writes. The package is a day old, the linked MIT repository holds no source, no changelog or support channel exists, the five cloud tools' schemas are visible only after sign-in, and workflow tests run live workflows billed in Copilot Credits.\n\n**Motive Agents.** Agents let Motive fleet admins turn safety, maintenance and idling events into alerts, training, work orders and in-cab calls from the Fleet Dashboard, on a platform with a 99.99 per cent dashboard SLA and audited security reports. No API, webhook or MCP tool covers Agents, so an outside agent can't create, run or read them.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP\n\n1. Call `copilot_studio_status` first and reuse a ready session. Don't reconnect or reselect an environment to start a new task\n2. Read an action's contract with `discover_resources` and `action=describe_actions` before building unfamiliar `parameters`\n3. Ask the person before testing a workflow. Tests run published, enabled workflows and can have real effects\n4. Never retry an uncertain write. Inspect the agent, workflow or connection first, as the error text says\n5. Expect a browser sign-in after every restart. Tell the person a window is opening and never ask for credentials in chat\n\n### Motive Agents\n\n1. Don't plan to call Motive Agents. They're built and run by people in the Motive Fleet Dashboard\n2. For Motive fleet data, use Motive's Public API or its MCP server instead, with the customer's admin authorisation\n3. Ask the fleet's Motive admin to set up or change an Agent, and describe the trigger, condition and action you need\n4. Expect Agents to place real calls to drivers and mark vehicles out of service, so confirm with the fleet manager before suggesting one\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP or Motive Agents?\n\nMicrosoft Copilot Studio MCP scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Motive Agents's 24.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Can an agent call Microsoft Copilot Studio MCP and Motive Agents without installing anything?\n\nMicrosoft Copilot Studio MCP runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. No hosted endpoint is listed for Motive Agents.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/copilot-studio-mcp-vs-motive-agents.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/copilot-studio-mcp-vs-motive-agents.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"copilot-studio-mcp\", \"b\": \"motive-agents\"}`. 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