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Plugin use cases and prompts

Use these example prompts for writing, coding, and analysis.

Updated: 23 minutes ago

Overview

Use these prompts as examples of workflows you can complete with available plugins and their included apps or skills. Plugin, app, and action availability depends on your plan, workspace settings, role, supported surface, and region.

A plugin can include skills, apps, or both. Available actions also depend on the plugin, the connected service, and your permissions.

Communication and writing

Draft updates, synthesize documents, or follow company guidelines using connected tools.

  • “Draft an executive update using the latest info on project [x].”

  • “Consolidate all the documents on [x] into a guide for new hires.”

  • “Write a blog draft announcing [x], based on messaging docs in Google Drive/OneDrive.”

  • “Using our web template in Google Drive/OneDrive, create a brief for [x].”

  • “Draft a social post for LinkedIn based on our brand tone and voice guide.”

  • “Describe and suggest improvements to my email style in Gmail.”

Possible apps, depending on availability: Google Drive, SharePoint, Box, Notion, Gmail, and Outlook Email.

Meetings and collaboration

Prepare for meetings, create agendas, and identify action items.

  • “Review my latest emails with [customer/company] to help me prepare for our next call.”

  • “Create a shareable agenda for my meeting titled [title] from my calendar on [date].”

  • “Help me plan agenda items for today’s calls based on past meetings with the same attendees.”

  • “List action items from emails received in the last 3 days.”

Possible apps, depending on availability: Gmail, Outlook Email, Google Calendar, and Outlook Calendar.

Organization and productivity

Organize your information and find important documents.

  • “Find the latest pitch decks on [x].”

  • “Find me the top three most relevant documents on [topic].”

  • “Find and critique our quarterly planning documents for next quarter.”

  • “How do I submit an expense report?”

  • “Summarize my unread emails from today. Group by sender and highlight urgent ones.”

Possible apps, depending on availability: Google Drive, SharePoint, Box, Notion, Gmail, and Outlook Email.

Analysis and reporting

Analyze internal and external data for competitive and market research.

  • “Create a side-by-side comparison of my product offering with competitor [x] using our internal docs and public web sources.”

  • “Identify opportunities in the [x] industry based on our internal docs and public web information.”

  • “Analyze our HubSpot data and tell me which campaigns led to our highest-value deals.”

  • “Analyze my project spreadsheet in Google Drive and summarize where we can reduce costs.”

Possible apps, depending on availability: Google Drive, SharePoint, Box, and Notion.

Coding and technical tasks

Developers can use apps to better understand codebases, review pull requests, and write documentation.

  • “Summarize the changes in this pull request: <link to PR>.”

  • “How risky is the change in this PR? <link to PR>.”

  • “Summarize the pull requests completed by my development team this week.”

  • “Summarize the current progress of work related to [feature name].”

  • “How is [feature] implemented in our codebase?”

  • “Draft an updated README for [folder].”

Possible apps, depending on availability: GitHub.

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