Weekly Inbox Digest — Free M365 Copilot AI Prompt

Free beginner AI prompt: Weekly Inbox Digest — get a prioritised summary of your week's emails with action items and follow-ups. Works in M365 Copilot.

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Summarise my emails from the past week. Group them into: (1) Urgent — needs response today, (2) Action Required — needs response this week, (3) FYI — informational only. For each email list the sender, subject, and one-line summary. Highlight any emails where I was directly asked a question or given a deadline.

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Tips for Best Results

  • Use this in Copilot Chat (Work mode) — it reads your actual Outlook inbox
  • Run it every Monday morning to plan your week
  • Follow up with “Draft a response to the urgent ones” for a productivity chain
  • Add “from the last 3 days” if a full week is too much

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