Summary

Copilot SDK v1.0.13-preview.1 makes ClientMode.Empty apply deny-by-default isolation to built-in skills across all six SDKs. Hosts can re-enable selected skills through includedBuiltinSkills, while sessions created in Empty mode otherwise start without runtime-bundled skills.

Why it matters

This gives developers embedding Copilot agents a narrower capability baseline and an explicit allowlist for skills that can execute inside an application.

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