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Accompany purchases up to €50,000 from the specifications at the choice of the supplier

Use described publicly by Microsoft — TotalEnergies (24 October 2025), summarised by the desk. Not tested by iadujour.

The result to aim for

At TotalEnergies, Agent BuyerCompanion helps employees on purchases not exceeding EUR 50 000, from the drafting of the need to the identification of the supplier, respecting the rules of conformity.

What was done

According to the testimony published by Microsoft on October 24, 2025, BuyerCompanion, built with Copilot Studio and the Witivio publisher, automates tasks from writing the specifications to identifying the supplier. It identifies relevant framework contracts as required, ensures compliance with group compliance rules and makes customized recommendations. The manager hopes to save 10 per cent of costs on certain purchases; It is an objective, not a measured result. The agent is operational in France and could eventually serve 15,000 employees worldwide.

Before you start

Tool cited by the source: Copilot Studio (Microsoft). Gather the information the prompt asks for. Strip confidential data that is not needed and check your tool’s access terms. Features and plans can change.

The method, in three steps.

  1. Gather the context

    Gather the information described in the prompt.

  2. Adapt the prompt

    Copy the prompt below, replace the bracketed items, then paste it into the AI assistant you use. The cited tool (Copilot Studio (Microsoft)) is not necessarily available to the public..

  3. Reread before using

    Reread the result, correct it if needed and keep the final decision. Caveats are detailed below.

Your starting point.

Replace the bracketed items, then adapt the proposal to your situation. This prompt is written by the iadujour desk It is not a quotation from the source.

The prompt to customise
I need to buy:
Here are our purchase rules: [thresholds, number of quotas required, framework contracts in effect, referenced suppliers].

1. Writes a short and precise specification.
2. Whether an existing framework contract covers this need.
3. Otherwise, list the mandate steps granting to our rules.
4. Prepare the request for quota to be sent.
No orders.

What deserves your attention

Even for small amounts, the choice of a supplier involves the company: the agent offers, the valid buyer, and the rules of competition and conflict of interest apply.
Origin of the case. Use described publicly by Microsoft — TotalEnergies (24 October 2025).
Proof level: Statement by the tool’s publisher. Source checked on 10 November 2026. Use described by the source, not tested by the desk. Original summary written by iadujour.fr: figures and claims are the source’s; the prompt is a desk proposal, not a quotation.

Useful skills

Official skills on the same task, paired by the desk: they are not part of the described case.

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