Copilot Cowork: Agentic Workflows
28 prompts. Open one, copy it, paste it into Copilot.
What Cowork Should Never Do Without Your Approval
Understand Cowork's approval model before delegating any action that affects others. Run this prompt first — it sets the expectation for every workflow that follows.
Monday Week-Start Briefing
Start every week with a clear picture of what needs your attention — open threads, commitments, calendar priorities.
Friday End-of-Week Digest
Close the week with a record of what was done, what's open, and what carries into next week.
Daily Inbox Priority Scan
Surface the 3–5 emails that actually need your attention today without reading everything.
Weekly Commitment Tracker
Automatically surface every promise you made across email and Teams before it becomes a missed deadline.
Pre-Meeting Research Brief
Walk into any meeting fully prepared — know what was last discussed, what's open, and what they're likely to raise.
Stakeholder Update — Multi-Step
Prepare a structured stakeholder update by letting Cowork find the relevant content first, then draft from verified sources. The "show sources before drafting" instruction is the key line — without it, Cowork may skip straight to drafting.
Post-Meeting Action Capture
Immediately after a meeting, convert notes and transcript into assigned tasks and a recap email — without doing it manually.
Executive Pre-Read
Before meeting with a senior stakeholder or exec, get a concise picture of the relationship, recent context, and what they care about.
Project Status Digest — Across All Active Projects
Get a cross-project status overview by letting Cowork sweep all recent communications rather than chasing each project lead.
Risk and Blocker Sweep
Surface every risk, blocker, or escalation mentioned across your communications before it reaches you in a meeting.
Document from Meeting Notes
Turn raw meeting notes or a transcript into a finished Word document — briefing, MOM, or decision record.
Presentation from Brief
Turn a written brief or set of bullet points into a structured PowerPoint deck.
Deep Research — Multi-Source Synthesis
Compile a research brief from both internal M365 data and external sources on a specific topic, company, or technology.
Competitive Signal Sweep
Find every mention of competitors or alternatives across your recent communications — before a renewal, pitch, or strategy review.
New Colleague or Stakeholder Onboarding Brief
Before working with someone new, quickly understand who they are based on your org's existing communications and their public profile.
Weekly Calendar Triage
Delegate your weekly calendar review — surface conflicts, low-value meetings, and missing focus time — then approve changes.
Recurring Meeting Preparation — Automated
For a meeting that recurs every week or two, automatically pull the relevant context before each occurrence.
Send Meeting Follow-Up Email
After any meeting, automatically draft and send the recap email to all attendees — without doing it manually.
Schedule a Meeting Based on Calendar Availability
Find a time that works for a group of people and send the calendar invite — without the back-and-forth.
Post Weekly Project Update to Teams Channel
Compile the week's project developments from email and Teams, then post a structured update to the team channel — without writing it from scratch.
Inbox Triage — Reply to Flagged Emails
Surface the emails that need a reply today and draft responses — then send after your review, not before.
Send Stakeholder Update After Approval
Full end-to-end workflow — research, draft, get approval, send. The action-taking version of the Stakeholder Update from the research collection.
Block Focus Time on Calendar This Week
Find the gaps in your calendar and add focus blocks before your week fills up completely.
Reschedule Conflicts on My Calendar
When your week has scheduling conflicts, let Cowork identify them and propose resolutions — then act after your approval.
Draft and Send Renewal or Follow-Up Reminder
For accounts approaching a renewal, contract review, or follow-up date — research the relationship, draft the outreach, and send after approval.
Create and Share a Document with Stakeholders
Generate a Word document from notes or a brief, then share it directly with the right people — without manually uploading and emailing.
End-to-End Weekly Status Report — Research, Draft, Send
The full weekly status workflow: pull data across M365, compile the report, send it to your distribution list. Set it once, runs every week.