Quick Wins¶
The highest-return prompts across the journey — organized by the moment you're in. Copy, paste, fill in the [brackets], send. Every prompt has a full walkthrough when you want the step-by-step, the tips, and the variants.
New here? Grab the one that matches what's in front of you right now — you'll have a win before your coffee's cold.
Filter by who you are and how much time you have:
In a meeting¶
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After any meeting — tracked follow-ups
Summarize the meeting "[meeting name]" from [today/this morning]. Give me: - Decisions made - Action items, each with an owner and a due date - Any open questions that were not resolved Format the action items as a table I can paste into an email. -
Before a 1:1 — prep in 2 minutes
Help me prep for my 1:1 with [name]. Summarize what we've been working on together over the last two weeks across email and Teams, flag anything still open or waiting on either of us, and suggest 3 topics worth raising. Keep it to half a screen. -
Before any meeting — agenda from context
I'm running a [30-minute project sync] with [audience] about [topic]. Based on [these notes / this background], draft an agenda with time slots and a one-line goal for each item. Include a parking lot bucket at the end.
Drowning in email¶
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Long email thread — catch up instantly
Summarize this email thread: what's the core issue, what options have been discussed, where do things stand now, and what (if anything) is being asked of me? -
Tough email — rewrite for the audience
Rewrite this email to be about 40% shorter and more direct, with a polite, confident tone for a skeptical executive who skims. Lead with the ask, keep one clear next step, and cut anything defensive. Don't change the facts. -
Exec briefing — from background materials
Based on [this document / the attached materials], draft a 5-point exec briefing for a 10-minute conversation with [audience]. Lead with the business outcome. Keep each point to one sentence. Flag the one thing most likely to generate a question.
Planning my week¶
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Weekly status — from your activity
Based on my last 5 working days of email, Teams messages, and meetings, draft a 5-bullet status update for my manager — what shipped, what's in progress, and what's blocked. Keep each bullet to one line, plain and skimmable. -
Start of week — plan from your calendar
Look at my calendar and inbox for this week. Tell me: 1. My three most important commitments and what I need to be prepared for each 2. Any open threads or pending decisions I should close before Friday 3. One meeting or task I can safely deprioritize this week -
New project — first-draft plan
Draft a first-cut project plan for [goal] by [deadline]. Break it into phases with milestones, suggest an owner role for each workstream, and list the top 5 risks with a mitigation for each. Put the milestones in a table. Flag any assumptions you made. -
Stuck on a problem — structured options
I'm trying to [problem statement]. Generate 5 approaches. For each: one-sentence description, key benefit, biggest risk, and what it would take to execute. Push me toward the one you'd recommend and include one I probably haven't considered.
Buried in documents¶
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Long document — role-specific summary
Summarize this document for a [your role]. Give me the 3 things I most need to know, anything that affects [your key concern], and any risks or open questions I should raise. Skip the background — assume I know the basics. -
Adapt a document for a different audience
Rewrite this [document / email / summary] for [target audience]. They care most about [outcome]. Adjust tone to be [more direct / less technical]. Remove or explain jargon. Make the key ask unmissable — put it first. Target length: [3 bullets / one page / 200 words].
Ready to delegate (Stage 2+)¶
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Find answers across your org (BizChat)
Find information about [topic] from across our company's SharePoint, emails, and Teams. Summarize what you find and tell me where each piece came from. -
Auto-recap a meeting (Facilitator agent)
[During or after a Teams meeting] @Facilitator summarize this meeting: decisions, action items with owners, and open questions. Send the recap to all attendees. -
Delegate a whole multi-step task (Cowork)
[Research / synthesize / draft] [deliverable] using [these source documents / this topic]. The output should be [format] for [audience]. Flag any gaps where you need more information.
Nailed a quick win? Keep the momentum.¶
A quick win is the first rung, not the finish line. Here's where it leads:
- Make it a habit → Stage 1 · Copilot Chat turns these one-offs into the way you work.
- Find your path → Start by role tunes the whole ramp to what you do all day.
- Delegate more → Stage 3 · Cowork hands off entire multi-step tasks, not just single prompts.
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