Captain CopilotCore skills training

Scene 1 · Take 2 · Rolling

Prompt. Create.
Save the day.

Six short missions to master core Copilot skills — before Admiral Analogue drags the office back to the fax era.

Meet the villain
Captain Copilot as a plasticine figure, mid-bounce Captain Copilot
Admiral Analogue as a plasticine figure, clutching a rolled-up memo Admiral Analogue

Villain alertAdmiral Analogue has been spotted photocopying the same memo 400 times. Threat level: Beige.

Six missions · six lumps of clay

Pick a lump, shape a skill

Each mission is short enough to finish between takes. Squash it, stretch it, collect the badge.

  1. 1

    Mission 1 · Loop toolPrompt Like a Pro

    Goal, context, source, expectations — the four-part prompt that gets results first time.

    15 minPrompt Cadet
  2. 2

    Mission 2 · Needle toolCopilot Chat

    Work data vs the web, follow-up questions, and when to ask “show me your sources”.

    20 minChat Champion
  3. 3

    Mission 3 · SpatulaCopilot in Word

    Draft, rewrite, summarise — and rescue a 40-page report from the Admiral's Fog of Paperwork.

    20 minWord Wrangler
  4. 4

    Mission 4 · Rolling pinCopilot in Excel

    Ask questions of your data, add formula columns, chart it in seconds.

    25 minFormula Fighter
  5. 5

    Mission 5 · Wire cutterCopilot in PowerPoint

    Turn a document into a deck; defuse the Admiral's 97-slide overhead-projector monstrosity.

    20 minDeck Defender
  6. 6

    Mission 6 · Ribbon toolCopilot in Outlook & Teams

    Summarise threads, draft replies, catch up on meetings you heroically missed.

    20 minInbox Invincible

Villain Files

Captain Copilot

Powers: summarises at the speed of light, drafts with one eyebrow raised, always asks a good follow-up question.

Weakness: vague prompts.

Hero · Modelled in six colours

Admiral Analogue

Powers: carbon paper, the 400-page appendix, Reply All. Signature move: the Filing Cabinet Avalanche.

Weakness: a well-structured prompt.

Villain · Threat level: Beige

Studio note: the moustache is a separate piece and is not glued on. Please do not breathe on it.

Gadget Lab · the tool roll

Three tools that shape any prompt

Unroll, pick a tool, press firmly. Each one takes about ten seconds to learn.

  1. Tool 01

    The Four-Part Prompt

    Goal, context, source, expectations — press all four into the clay and the first answer usually holds its shape.

  2. Tool 02

    Reference a file with /

    Type / and pick the document so Copilot works from the real file, not a guess at what it says.

  3. Tool 03

    Ask for a table

    End with “as a table with columns for…” and the messy notes flatten into tidy rows.

Your rank

Prompt Cadet

2 of 6 missions complete

340 points

Medal table

  1. 1

    The Manchester Marvels

    1,240 points

  2. 2

    Team Leeds

    1,105 points

  3. 3

    Desk 4B

    980 points