Prompting toolkit Copilot: How to prompting?

Prompting toolkit Copilot

Copilot Prompting Toolkit: All Resources

This document provides comprehensive guidance on how to effectively use prompts with Microsoft 365 Copilot. It covers various types of prompts and offers practical examples to help users get the most out of Copilot.

Types of Prompts:

• Learn about projects and concepts: Example – “What is [Project X] and who are the key stakeholders working on it?”
• Summarize information: Example – “Write a session abstract of this [presentation].”
• Edit text: Example – “Check this product launch rationale for inconsistencies.”
• Create engaging content: Example – “Create a value proposition for [Product X].”
• Transform documents: Example – “Transform this FAQ doc into a 10-slide onboarding guide.”
• Catch-up on missed items: Example – “Provide a summary of the updates and action items on [Project X].”

Key Elements of Effective Prompts:

1. Tell Copilot what you need: Clearly state your goal, context, expectations, and sources.
2. Include the right prompt ingredients: Use plain but clear language, provide context, and specify the desired response.
3. Keep the conversation going: Follow up on prompts to refine and improve responses.

Helpful Hints:

• Know Copilot’s limitations: Provide detailed information as Copilot is limited to the current conversation.
• Be professional: Polite language improves responses.
• Start fresh: Use “new topic” when switching tasks.
• Use quotation marks: Helps Copilot understand what to write, modify, or replace.
• Communicate clearly: Pay attention to punctuation, grammar, and capitalization.
• Follow up on prompts: Collaborate with Copilot to gain more useful, tailored responses.

Prompting Do’s and Don’ts:

• Do’s: Be clear and specific, keep it conversational, give examples, ask for feedback, write legibly, check for accuracy, provide details, and be polite.
• Don’ts: Avoid vague language, inappropriate or unethical content, slang, jargon, conflicting instructions, and abrupt topic changes.