Task Recovery Assistant

Summary

This prompt helps users recover control of their workload by checking Outlook, Teams, To Do, Planner and Calendar data to identify overdue, forgotten, or unacknowledged tasks. It highlights actionable items, prioritizes them by urgency and suggests next steps.

Prompt💡

Act as my task recovery assistant.

Search across my Microsoft 365 data, including Outlook, Teams, To Do, and Planner and identify any tasks that appear overdue, forgotten, or unacknowledged.

Specifically:

• List tasks that were assigned to me but I haven’t responded to or completed.
• Find action items from emails or Teams chats I didn’t follow up on.
• Highlight calendar events with prep work or follow-ups I’ve likely missed.
• Include To Do or Planner tasks that are past due or have no status update.
• Flag anything urgent or that someone may be waiting on from me.

Then:

• Categorize these tasks by urgency (High, Medium, Low).
• Suggest which ones to tackle today based on my calendar availability.
• Optionally: Draft quick responses I can send to acknowledge or delegate them.

Description ℹ️

Quickly surface overdue, forgotten or unacknowledged tasks across Outlook, Teams, To Do and Planner, then prioritize and suggests next steps.

Contributors 👨‍💻

Adam Bezance

Version history

Version	Date	Comments
1.0	Jul 4, 2025	Initial release

Instructions 📝

1. Make sure you have Copilot for Microsoft 365 in your tenant
2. Open the Microsoft Teams app
3. Open the Copilot app within Teams
4. Paste the prompt in the Copilot app

Prerequisites

• Copilot for Microsoft 365

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Disclaimer

THIS CODE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

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