Captain CopilotCore skills training · HQ
HQ briefing · File 001 · Read before elevenses

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 peeps out of a red pillar-box headquarters while Admiral Analogue shouts into a red telephone in front of a foggy city skyline HQ IS THIS THE FAX LINE?

VILLAIN ALERT — Admiral Analogue has been spotted photocopying the same memo 400 times. Threat level: Beige.

Case files · six openMissions

Pull a file. Complete the mission. Earn the badge.
  1. Case 01

    Mission 1Prompt Like a Pro

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

    15 minPrompt Cadet
  2. Case 02

    Mission 2Copilot Chat

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

    20 minChat Champion
  3. Case 03

    Mission 3Copilot in Word

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

    20 minWord Wrangler
  4. Case 04

    Mission 4Copilot in Excel

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

    25 minFormula Fighter
  5. Case 05

    Mission 5Copilot in PowerPoint

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

    20 minDeck Defender
  6. Case 06

    Mission 6Copilot in Outlook & Teams

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

    20 minInbox Invincible

On the desk · two dossiersVillain Files

Handle with tea
Agent 001 · Hero

Captain Copilot

Powers
Summarises at the speed of light, drafts with one eyebrow raised, always asks a good follow-up question.
Weakness
Vague prompts.
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Carbon paper×10,000
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Stapler oil£3.99
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Admiral Analogue

Powers
Carbon paper, the 400-page appendix, Reply All.
Signature move
The Filing Cabinet Avalanche.
Weakness
A well-structured prompt.

Note from HQ: the file contained nothing else. Just the receipt. We checked twice.

Bottom drawer · issued to all agentsGadget Lab

Three gadgets · no training course required
Gadget 01

The Four-Part Prompt

Goal, context, source, expectations. State all four and Copilot stops guessing.

Gadget 02

Reference a file with /

Type / and pick the document — Copilot reads that file, not the whole archive.

Gadget 03

Ask for a table

“Put that in a table with columns for owner, date and status.” Instant order from chaos.

Agent rankings

Pinned weekly. Points for missions, badges and sensible prompting.

Your rank340 ptsPrompt Cadet · 2 of 6 missions complete
1

The Manchester Marvels

1,240 pts

2

Team Leeds

1,105 pts

3

Desk 4B

980 pts