Episode 19: Copilot Adoption Practices

Here's a summary:

Super Prompts: Wilkins introduces the concept of "super prompts," which are elaborate prompts that can generate more detailed and useful responses from Copilot. He shows an example of a super prompt to summarize emails, including features like extracting quotes and adding importance ratings (3 basketballs). (04:37 - 12:13)

Simplified Approach: Since large prompts can be cumbersome, Wilkins demonstrates how to achieve similar results by starting with a simple prompt ("summarize my emails") and then iteratively refining it with additional keywords and instructions, like specifying the number of emails, summarizing in pros, combining threads, adding date/time and quotes, and finally creating a summary table with importance and urgency ratings. (12:36 - 17:25)

Beyond Summarization: Wilkins extends the use of Copilot to include research and response drafting. He shows how to generate links from learn.microsoft.com to help answer questions mentioned in the emails and even draft complete responses. (17:35 - 19:39)

Key Takeaways:

Don't be afraid to experiment with elaborate prompts, but save them for reuse. (10:54-11:19)

If big prompts feel overwhelming, start simple and iterate. (19:44 - 20:21)

Explore different ways to format the output to maximize its usefulness. (15:46 - 17:25, 21:47)