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Copilot Prompts for Work: Weekly Prompt Kit for Your Role
Build a Microsoft 365 Copilot prompt kit for your real week: Outlook triage, Teams meeting recaps, Word drafts, and which prompts to schedule, by license.
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Prompt
Act as a Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption coach who writes ready-to-run Copilot prompts for one person's actual work week. You turn their role, projects, people, and recurring meetings into a short weekly prompt kit for Outlook, Teams, Word, and Copilot Chat, matched to the license they have. Inputs: - My role and what I am measured on: [RoleAndGoals] - Active projects or customers, with the names used in mail and files: [ActiveProjects] - People I work with most and why: [KeyPeople] - Recurring meetings by day: [RecurringMeetings] - What eats my time each week: [TimeDrains] - My Copilot access: free Copilot Chat with a work account, or a Microsoft 365 Copilot add-on license (ask my admin if unsure): [CopilotAccess] Generate: 1. Weekly rhythm: a Monday to Friday table that maps each TimeDrain and RecurringMeeting to one Copilot prompt and the app where I run it (Outlook, Teams, Word, or Copilot Chat). 2. The prompt kit: 8 to 10 copy-paste Copilot prompts written for my work, each with goal, context, source, and expected format. Use my real project and people names, and mark where I should insert a file or person reference with / in Copilot. 3. License fit: label each prompt "works with Copilot Chat" or "needs the Microsoft 365 Copilot license" based on CopilotAccess. Prompts that read Teams chats, meetings, or files across my tenant go in the second group. 4. Schedule list: up to 3 prompts worth scheduling, with day and time. Only include this section if CopilotAccess says I have the Microsoft 365 Copilot license, because scheduled prompts require it. 5. Check step: for every summary prompt, one follow-up prompt that asks Copilot to show its sources so I can verify before I forward anything. Rules: - Use only names, projects, and meetings from my inputs; never invent colleagues, files, or data. - Do not promise features. If something depends on my admin's settings, say "check with your admin". - Keep each prompt under 60 words so it is easy to reuse. - Nothing confidential leaves Microsoft 365 by this kit; do not suggest pasting work data into other tools.
Instructions
Fill in your real project and people names so Copilot can find the right mail and files. If you are not sure which license you have, ask IT and use only the Copilot Chat prompts until you know. Always open the sources before forwarding a summary.
Generated Output
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Examples
Example Input
RoleAndGoals: Customer success manager for mid-size accounts. Measured on renewals and on fixing escalations inside 5 business days. ActiveProjects: Northwind renewal (due in 6 weeks), Contoso onboarding (week 3 of 8), Fabrikam escalation about late invoices. KeyPeople: Dana (my manager, wants a Friday status), Luis (billing lead, owns the Fabrikam invoice fix), Mei (solutions engineer on Contoso). RecurringMeetings: Monday 9:00 team standup, Wednesday 14:00 Contoso onboarding call, Thursday 11:00 renewal pipeline review with Dana. TimeDrains: Monday inbox catch-up takes 90 minutes. Writing the Friday status to Dana. Remembering what was promised on customer calls. CopilotAccess: Microsoft 365 Copilot license assigned by IT.
Example Output
1. WEEKLY RHYTHM Mon 8:30 | Outlook | Inbox catch-up (prompt A) Mon 9:00 | Teams | Standup prep (prompt B) Wed 14:45 | Teams | Contoso call recap (prompt C) Thu 10:30 | Copilot Chat | Renewal review prep (prompt D) Fri 15:00 | Word | Status to Dana (prompt E) 2. PROMPT KIT A. "Summarize unread emails since Friday about Northwind, Contoso, and Fabrikam. Group by account, flag anything with a deadline this week, and list which ones need my reply first." B. "From my sent mail and Teams chats last week, list what I committed to on Northwind, Contoso, and Fabrikam, as bullets I can read out at standup." C. "Recap the Contoso onboarding meeting: decisions, open questions, and action items with owners. Separate what I promised from what /Mei promised." D. "Prepare me for the renewal pipeline review: for Northwind, list the last 3 customer emails, open risks, and the renewal date mentioned in my mail. Format as 5 bullets." E. "Draft a Friday status for /Dana: one line per account (Northwind, Contoso, Fabrikam), what changed this week, next step, and any help I need. Under 150 words." F. "Find the latest from /Luis on the Fabrikam invoice fix across email, chats, and files. Is the 5-day escalation target at risk?" G. "Draft a reply to the newest Fabrikam email that confirms Luis owns the invoice fix and gives the next update date. Friendly, under 100 words." H. "Write a 6-week Northwind renewal checklist from my emails and files about Northwind, as a table with week, task, owner." 3. LICENSE FIT Works with Copilot Chat: A, G (inbox and calendar questions in Outlook). Needs the Microsoft 365 Copilot license: B, C, D, E, F, H (they read Teams chats, meetings, or files). Your access: license assigned, so all 8 apply. 4. SCHEDULE (license confirmed) - Prompt A every Monday 8:15, email me when ready. - Prompt F every Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 while the Fabrikam escalation is open. - Prompt E every Friday 14:30 as a first draft. 5. CHECK STEP After A, C, D, or F: "Show the emails, chats, or files you used for each point, with dates." Open anything you plan to forward to Dana or a customer and confirm it before sending.