Cowork Demo Prompt Library
Click Copy on any prompt, paste it directly into Cowork, and adjust names or details to fit your tenant. Pre-filled with demo-friendly examples that work with minimal Graph data.
Tip for trainers: Open this page on your demo laptop. Use the jump links above to navigate
quickly between sections without scrolling.
Prompts use example names (Alex Johnson, Sam Rivera, Jordan Lee) and topics — swap them for real tenant users if
you prefer.
Morning Briefing
3 promptsGive me a morning briefing for today. Summarize my meetings, tell me which emails
need my attention, and list any outstanding action items.
Best opening demo prompt — shows immediate, high-value output. Expect: today's
schedule, priority inbox items, and action item list.
What did I miss while I was out? Give me a summary of important emails, Teams
messages, and calendar events from the last 2 days.
Great for return-from-PTO scenario. Adjust the time period if needed.
What's the most important thing I should focus on today based on my calendar and
inbox?
Shows Cowork's ability to prioritize across data sources — good for demonstrating
AI judgment.
Email Management
5 promptsFind an urgent email in my inbox that needs a response and draft a professional
reply for me.
Trainer tip: This will use your live inbox. Pick a real email ahead of time if you
want a predictable demo result.
Summarize my last 10 unread emails and tell me which ones I must respond to today.
Demonstrates inbox triage capability. Works best when you have a realistic volume
of unread messages.
Draft an email to Alex Johnson asking for their availability for a 30-minute
check-in next week. Keep it short and professional.
Find all emails from Contoso in the last two weeks and summarize what we've been
discussing.
Send Alex Johnson an email letting them know I'll be late to today's project sync
call by about 10 minutes.
Shows action-taking — Cowork will draft and send with your approval. Good for
showing the approval flow.
Calendar & Scheduling
4 promptsSchedule a 30-minute meeting with Alex Johnson next week. Find a time that works
for both of us and send an invite.
Trainer tip: Use a colleague from the demo tenant. Show Cowork finding available
slots. Cancel at the confirmation step unless you want to actually book it.
Find a time when Alex Johnson, Sam Rivera, and Jordan Lee are all free next week
for a 45-minute call about the Q3 product launch. Schedule it and send invites to everyone.
Block 2 hours every morning this week for focused work. Mark the time as busy so
people don't schedule over it.
Is my week too packed? Review my calendar and tell me which meetings I could
decline or reschedule to create more focus time.
Meeting Intelligence
4 promptsSummarize the last meeting I attended and list the key decisions and action items,
including who owns each one.
Works best if you have a recent meeting with a transcript. Shows structured,
actionable output.
Prep me for my 2pm meeting with Contoso. Give me a brief on who I'm meeting with,
what we've discussed before, and key topics I should be ready for.
Draft a follow-up email to the attendees of my last project sync meeting. Recap the
key decisions and list everyone's action items.
How many meetings do I have this week? Which ones are optional that I could skip to
free up time?
Document Creation
5 promptsCreate a Word document summarizing the key themes and action items from my meetings
today. Format it with clear headings and a bulleted action item list at the end.
Shows end-to-end document creation. The file will be available to download after
Cowork generates it.
Create a 6-slide PowerPoint presentation on improving customer onboarding for the
leadership team. Include an agenda slide, key findings, and a recommendations slide.
Build an Excel spreadsheet to track the Q3 Product Launch. Include columns for task
name, owner, due date, status, and notes. Format it professionally.
Write a professional status update email to my manager summarizing my key wins,
blockers, and priorities for this week. Keep it to one page.
Create a PDF one-pager summarizing our new hybrid work policy that I can share with
all people managers. Use clear headers and keep it visually clean.
Teams & Collaboration
5 promptsPost a message to the General channel letting the team know about the updated
meeting room booking process starting next Monday.
Trainer tip: Use a test channel or a channel where a test message is welcome. Show
the draft before confirming.
What are the most important messages in the General channel from the past 3 days
that I should know about?
Start a group chat with Alex Johnson, Sam Rivera, and Jordan Lee about planning the
team offsite in June and send a message introducing the conversation.
Find the conversation where the new expense report process was discussed in Teams
and summarize what was decided.
Send my manager a quick Teams message with a status update on the website redesign
project this week.
Custom Skills & Scheduled Tasks
4 promptsCreate a skill called "Weekly Status" that generates a formatted status update for
my manager every time I say "Write my weekly status." It should pull my wins, blockers, and key priorities
from the week.
Shows skill creation — Cowork will save this as a reusable skill in your OneDrive.
Demonstrate by triggering it afterward with "Write my weekly status."
Create a skill that generates a customer meeting summary in our standard format
whenever I say "Create a meeting summary for Contoso." Include: attendees, topics discussed, decisions
made, and next steps.
Every morning at 8am, send me a briefing with today's meetings, my top 3 priority
emails, and any action items that are overdue.
Sets up a recurring scheduled task. Show the confirmation that it's been saved and
will run automatically.
Every Friday at 4pm, look at my week and draft a status update for my manager
covering my key wins, any blockers I hit, and my priorities for next week.
Trainer Tips
Swap names if needed
Prompts use demo names like Alex Johnson and Contoso. Replace with real tenant users for more personalized demos.
Starred prompts are demo-ready
Prompts marked ⭐ DEMO PROMPT are tested, high-impact, and reliably produce impressive output. Lead with these.
Cancel before confirming
For scheduling and sending demos, Cowork shows a preview before taking action. Decline at the confirmation step to avoid live sends during demos.
Iterate live
After any output, show iteration: "Make it shorter." or "Add a note about the budget." This demonstrates Cowork's conversational memory.
Test your connection first
Verify Cowork access the morning of the training. Have screenshots of expected output ready as a backup in case of connectivity issues.
Use real data
Your actual inbox and calendar make demos far more compelling than fabricated examples. Participants see real, personalized results instantly.