{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "id": "copilot-back-from-holiday-en",
  "translationKey": "copilot-back-from-holiday",
  "language": "en",
  "edition": "codex",
  "title": "Back from holiday? Let Copilot help you catch up on email",
  "summary": "Find the messages that need your attention, build a reply list, then tidy up specific emails in Outlook.",
  "kind": "workflow",
  "category": "work",
  "url": "https://afaai.tw/codex/en/copilot-back-from-holiday/",
  "updated": "2026-10-25",
  "reviewAfter": "2026-11-08",
  "revision": 1,
  "evidence": "experimental",
  "tool": "Copilot Chat in Outlook with a work or school account",
  "toolFocus": [
    "copilot"
  ],
  "applicableTools": [],
  "prerequisites": [
    "A work or school Outlook account with Copilot Chat enabled."
  ],
  "cost": "Some inbox chat is available without a Copilot add-on; broader work context needs the add-on.",
  "limitations": [
    "Mailbox features depend on your account and administrator. A consumer Copilot chat is not the same as Copilot inside work Outlook.",
    "Microsoft currently documents email triage actions in English."
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "title": "Open the right Copilot",
      "detail": "Sign in to work Outlook and open its Copilot button. Start with a date range and one project."
    },
    {
      "title": "Ask what needs you",
      "detail": "Request urgent decisions, deadlines and unanswered requests, with links to the emails and a reason for each priority."
    },
    {
      "title": "Open the important threads",
      "detail": "Check the latest reply before acting; a later email may have resolved the issue."
    },
    {
      "title": "Tidy a reviewed batch",
      "detail": "If triage is available, name the exact messages to flag, categorize or archive. Inspect the mailbox afterward."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Microsoft: chat with Copilot in Outlook",
      "url": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/copilot-outlook/chat-with-copilot-in-outlook",
      "checked": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Microsoft: triage email with Copilot",
      "url": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/outlook/triage-email-with-microsoft-365-copilot-in-outlook",
      "checked": "2026-10-25"
    }
  ],
  "prompt": "I was away from [start date] to [end date]. Review emails from that period about [project/customer]. Make three lists: needs my action today, needs a reply this week, and updates I can read later. For each, include the sender, subject, date, a link to the message, why it matters, and my next action. Check later replies for anything already resolved. Tell me the date range and sources you could access. Give me a review list only; do not send, move, archive, delete or mark messages as read.",
  "markdownUrl": "https://afaai.tw/markdown/copilot-back-from-holiday-en.md"
}