Appendix E — Skills self-assessment rubric

Rate yourself after the workshop. Aim for Proficient or above on the agent and validation rows before using Copilot for production work.

Skill	Foundational	Proficient	Advanced
Multi-file prompting	Summarizes one file	Synthesizes several files with source tags	Builds validated, contract-based multi-source outputs
Data analysis with Analyst	Runs basic summaries	Correlates datasets with method transparency	Designs and peer-reviews hypothesis tests
Research with Researcher	Gets a briefing	Requires source attribution and evidence split	Traces cause-effect chains and coverage gaps
Agent building	Creates a knowledge agent	Adds schema, grounding, and refusal rules	Passes a red-team set with documented fixes
Industry awareness	Uses generic prompts	Adapts prompts to department context	Handles regulated-industry sensitivity by design
Validation and RAI	Reads the output	Checks calculations and grounding	Runs structured evaluation and governance

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Synthetic training material — verify all outputs.