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CopilotForge - Copilot Cowork

Use it in Copilot Cowork: download the Copilot Cowork plugin for Copilot Cowork and upload it under Customize > Plugins > Upload plugin. How to install.

Design safe, effective delegation of complex work with explicit context, checkpoints and review.

Layer: delivery
Lead role: Work Design Lead
Plugin name: copilotforge-copilot-cowork

Skill Status Lifecycle Description

cowork-adoption draft Enable, Launch, Measure, Scale Plans and drives adoption of Copilot Cowork in teams - choosing starter tasks, building delegation habits, publishing validated task designs, enabling Champions and team leads, and measuring outcomes at team level - so Cowork becomes a trusted way of working rather than a novelty. Use when Cowork is reaching a new team, when early use stalls after the first weeks, or when a sponsor asks how teams will learn to delegate well.

cowork-governance draft Mobilise, Assure, Scale Sets the organisation's governance for Copilot Cowork - who may use it and for what, which plugins, skills and custom instructions are approved, how shared task designs and skills are owned, published and retired, and which actions always need approval. Use when Cowork is being enabled, when teams start sharing skills or plugins, or when someone asks who approved a Cowork customisation now in wide use.

cowork-use-case-assessment draft Envision, Deliver Assesses whether a specific piece of work suits delegation to Copilot Cowork, or is better served by Copilot Chat, an agent, an automation, a Copilot Code build or no AI, by testing outcome clarity, verifiability, context access and consequence. Use when a person or team proposes handing a task to Cowork, when Cowork results disappoint, or when a team cannot decide between Cowork and an agent.

delegated-work-review draft Deliver, Assure Sets and applies the review a person carries out on a finished Copilot Cowork output before it is sent, filed, published or acted on, checking it against the definition of done, its sources, the audience and any actions taken, with a proportionate depth by consequence. Use when someone is about to use delegated output, when errors from Cowork reached others, or when a team needs a shared standard for checking delegated work.

grounding-readiness draft Deliver, Assure, Improve Checks that the specific files, folders, mail, meetings and data a Copilot Cowork task will draw on are current, single-version, owned and shared no wider than they should be, and gives each a ready, ready-with-conditions or not-ready verdict before the task runs. Use when a task design names its sources, when Cowork outputs quote outdated or conflicting material, or before a shared task design is reused by others.

human-checkpoint-design draft Deliver, Assure Designs the human checkpoints inside delegated Copilot Cowork work - where the run pauses, who confirms, what evidence they see, what they may change and what happens on rejection - so approvals are real decisions rather than reflex clicks. Use when a Cowork task will send, file or change something, when a checkpoint is being skipped or rubber-stamped, or when a reviewer asks how people stay in control of delegated work.

multi-step-work-design draft Deliver, Improve Breaks a delegated Copilot Cowork task into ordered steps, each with a named intermediate output, its inputs, a completion test and a safe restart point, so long-running work can be followed, checked and resumed. Use when a Cowork task spans several sources or stages, when long runs go off course part-way, or when a team wants a repeatable structure for complex delegated work.

task-context-design draft Deliver, Improve Designs the context pack a Copilot Cowork task needs - the goal, the definition of done, the named inputs and sources, constraints, examples and the custom instructions or skills to apply - and records it as a reusable task design. Use when a delegated task gives vague or inconsistent results, when a team wants to share a task design others can reuse, or before running a Cowork task that draws on several sources.

work-delegation-design draft Envision, Deliver Designs the delegation boundary for work handed to Copilot Cowork, deciding which parts Cowork does, which stay with people, who stays accountable and what authority Cowork is given to read, draft, send or change. Use when a team has a task that suits Cowork and must agree what to hand over, when delegated work has overstepped, or when a manager asks who answers for delegated output.

workflow-validation draft Assure, Launch, Improve Validates a Copilot Cowork task design or shared workflow before people rely on it, by running it on representative and deliberately awkward cases, planting errors before checkpoints and checking outputs against the definition of done, then recording a fit-to-rely verdict. Use when a task design is about to be shared or reused, when a step is moving from drafting to acting, or after a material change to a skill or its sources.

Skill	Status	Lifecycle	Description
`cowork-adoption`	draft	Enable, Launch, Measure, Scale	Plans and drives adoption of Copilot Cowork in teams - choosing starter tasks, building delegation habits, publishing validated task designs, enabling Champions and team leads, and measuring outcomes at team level - so Cowork becomes a trusted way of working rather than a novelty. Use when Cowork is reaching a new team, when early use stalls after the first weeks, or when a sponsor asks how teams will learn to delegate well.
`cowork-governance`	draft	Mobilise, Assure, Scale	Sets the organisation's governance for Copilot Cowork - who may use it and for what, which plugins, skills and custom instructions are approved, how shared task designs and skills are owned, published and retired, and which actions always need approval. Use when Cowork is being enabled, when teams start sharing skills or plugins, or when someone asks who approved a Cowork customisation now in wide use.
`cowork-use-case-assessment`	draft	Envision, Deliver	Assesses whether a specific piece of work suits delegation to Copilot Cowork, or is better served by Copilot Chat, an agent, an automation, a Copilot Code build or no AI, by testing outcome clarity, verifiability, context access and consequence. Use when a person or team proposes handing a task to Cowork, when Cowork results disappoint, or when a team cannot decide between Cowork and an agent.
`delegated-work-review`	draft	Deliver, Assure	Sets and applies the review a person carries out on a finished Copilot Cowork output before it is sent, filed, published or acted on, checking it against the definition of done, its sources, the audience and any actions taken, with a proportionate depth by consequence. Use when someone is about to use delegated output, when errors from Cowork reached others, or when a team needs a shared standard for checking delegated work.
`grounding-readiness`	draft	Deliver, Assure, Improve	Checks that the specific files, folders, mail, meetings and data a Copilot Cowork task will draw on are current, single-version, owned and shared no wider than they should be, and gives each a ready, ready-with-conditions or not-ready verdict before the task runs. Use when a task design names its sources, when Cowork outputs quote outdated or conflicting material, or before a shared task design is reused by others.
`human-checkpoint-design`	draft	Deliver, Assure	Designs the human checkpoints inside delegated Copilot Cowork work - where the run pauses, who confirms, what evidence they see, what they may change and what happens on rejection - so approvals are real decisions rather than reflex clicks. Use when a Cowork task will send, file or change something, when a checkpoint is being skipped or rubber-stamped, or when a reviewer asks how people stay in control of delegated work.
`multi-step-work-design`	draft	Deliver, Improve	Breaks a delegated Copilot Cowork task into ordered steps, each with a named intermediate output, its inputs, a completion test and a safe restart point, so long-running work can be followed, checked and resumed. Use when a Cowork task spans several sources or stages, when long runs go off course part-way, or when a team wants a repeatable structure for complex delegated work.
`task-context-design`	draft	Deliver, Improve	Designs the context pack a Copilot Cowork task needs - the goal, the definition of done, the named inputs and sources, constraints, examples and the custom instructions or skills to apply - and records it as a reusable task design. Use when a delegated task gives vague or inconsistent results, when a team wants to share a task design others can reuse, or before running a Cowork task that draws on several sources.
`work-delegation-design`	draft	Envision, Deliver	Designs the delegation boundary for work handed to Copilot Cowork, deciding which parts Cowork does, which stay with people, who stays accountable and what authority Cowork is given to read, draft, send or change. Use when a team has a task that suits Cowork and must agree what to hand over, when delegated work has overstepped, or when a manager asks who answers for delegated output.
`workflow-validation`	draft	Assure, Launch, Improve	Validates a Copilot Cowork task design or shared workflow before people rely on it, by running it on representative and deliberately awkward cases, planting errors before checkpoints and checking outputs against the definition of done, then recording a fit-to-rely verdict. Use when a task design is about to be shared or reused, when a step is moving from drafting to acting, or after a material change to a skill or its sources.

Credit

Created by Simon Foote as part of CopilotForge. Content is licensed under CC BY 4.0; keep the credit in each skill's license and authors fields when you share or adapt it. See NOTICE.md in the repository.