Copilot / Getting Started & Prompt Design
Copilot: evaluate a response against a small rubric
Define three observable criteria before generating a draft: factual coverage, audience fit and an actionable next step.
Environment and inputs: Copilot user guide · Feature and source access depend on the active account, app and organization settings. Optional file or app steps have a text-excerpt fallback. No fixed model version, price or usage quota is assumed.
What you will make
A practical Copilot guide to evaluate a response against a small rubric. Use the sample input and prompt, then check the result. Use a fictional Microsoft 365 workplace task as the practice setting. Identify the file or excerpt that supports the requested result.
Prepare the source and scope
Define three observable criteria before generating a draft: factual coverage, audience fit and an actionable next step. Open your available Microsoft Copilot experience and confirm whether it can read the intended work source.
Try this prompt
In Copilot, provide the prepared input, then send the following request. For real work, replace fictional details with approved facts.
Score this service announcement against the rubric below. Quote the sentence supporting each score, identify one missing fact and suggest a targeted revision. Do not rewrite the whole announcement.Review the result
Check each quoted sentence exists and each score uses the supplied criterion rather than a new preference. Record each correction and its supporting source.
If the answer is wrong or incomplete
An assistant reviewing its own draft may miss the same error twice. Include at least one independent human check. If the active Copilot surface cannot access the file or app, paste an authorized excerpt into chat. Keep the same review criteria for the text-only workflow.
Practice and completion check
Repeat with one incomplete input. Check the answer against the review criteria, remove unsupported claims and save the prompt with its source version. This workflow has not been verified in a customer deployment.