Copilot prompts are the instructions or questions you use to tell Copilot what you want it to do. Copilot Prompt Gallery can help you get started, with lots of examples to try or change to suit your needs. This article describes how to use prompt examples in the gallery. 

How do I take a prompt and make it my own?

Prompt Gallery provides example prompts that you can edit to make your own. Some editable parts are obvious, denoted by a pair of square brackets, like [topic], [file], and [your title]. But you can also edit various parts of those prompts, such as the goal, context, expectations, and source, to suit your purpose.

For example, suppose that you want a talking script for an upcoming meeting with a potential customer, and you find a prompt in the Prompt Gallery. The only thing is, the prompt you found isn’t quite what you want. You can make it your own by changing the topic, the audience, the type of writing, the length, and the writing style, as shown in the following table:

Original prompt

Edited prompt

Create a script to explain [concept] to a [role/target audience], including an explanation of what it is, how it works, and a value proposition. Include 2 analogies to help explain it to someone new to this concept.

Create a course outline to explain Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to marketing interns, including an explanation of what it is, how it works, and best practices. Include 2 analogies to help explain it to someone new to this concept. Include 5 quiz questions at the end of the outline.

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