Important
Microsoft Copilot Cowork for personal accounts is currently in Preview.
This information relates to a prerelease product that may be substantially modified before it's released. Microsoft makes no warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to the information provided here.
Extend Cowork with skills
As Cowork works, it loads specialized skills for tasks like creating documents, managing your calendar, and preparing briefings. When it uses a new skill during your conversation, a message such as "Preparing to compose emails" appears, and the skill shows up in the side panel.
If you sign in with a work or school account, you can extend Cowork with your own custom skills stored in OneDrive, and share skills you create with other people in your organization. To learn more, see Share skills and plugins.
Manage your tasks
To see all your conversations with Cowork, select the My tasks view. Use the Filters dropdown to show only specific tasks, such as those that need your input, are in progress, are complete, or are scheduled. Select a task to open its conversation and continue working.
Schedule prompts
You can schedule a prompt to run automatically at a set time or on a recurring basis. Scheduled prompts are useful for tasks you want Cowork to handle regularly, such as a daily briefing or a weekly status report.
Describe the task and the timing in your message using natural language—for example, "Send me a daily briefing every morning at 9 AM." Cowork confirms the schedule and asks for your approval before activating it. You can edit, pause, or cancel scheduled prompts from the Scheduled tab in the My tasks view or the Scheduled section in the side panel.
Provide feedback
You can share feedback in several ways:
- Thumbs up or thumbs down: Rate a response from Cowork directly in the conversation.
- Document feedback: When previewing a file Cowork created, use the feedback controls to rate it.
- General feedback: To share broader comments, open the menu and select the feedback option.