One lawyer had Microsoft Copilot read and summarise a Teams conversation, pulled the drafting instructions out of the summary and, after 20 minutes of editing, reckoned it had saved at least five hours of drafting.
Summarise this Teams conversation: [CHAT OR CHANNEL NAME]. List the decisions made, the instructions given to me, any deadlines, and open questions. Then turn the instructions into a numbered checklist I can work from.
Replace the [PLACEHOLDERS] with your own details before you send it.
How to try it
- Open Copilot in Teams (your organisation needs to have it enabled).
- Ask for decisions, instructions and deadlines, not just a general summary.
- Check the summary against the original chat before acting on it.
More work use cases
Turn a week of rough notes into a weekly update with ChatGPT
On Hacker News, one worker said his company's weekly update format is a pain, so he keeps notes through the week and sends them to a custom GPT that writes the update in the required template. He spends about ten minutes tidying it, saving a couple of hours.
Turn these rough notes from my week into a weekly update using exactly this template: [PASTE TEMPLATE]. Notes: [PASTE NOTES]. Keep it factual, don't add anything that isn't in my notes, and flag any section where I haven't given you enough information.
Tailor your CV to a job advert with ChatGPT
A consultant's main CV advice to one jobseeker was to paste the job listing and CV into ChatGPT and ask it to reword the CV to get past automated filters. The jobseeker found that advice demoralising, so treat it as a tool, not a substitute for your own judgement.
Here's a job advert: [PASTE]. Here's my CV: [PASTE]. Show me which requirements in the advert my CV already covers, which are missing or buried, and suggest honest rewording of my existing experience to match the advert's language. Don't invent skills or experience I haven't listed.
Run a realistic mock job interview with Claude
Instead of her partner awkwardly playing interviewer, one jobseeker gave Claude the job description, a link to the company's website and her CV, then did a mock interview. She went in far better prepared and got the offer.
You're interviewing me for this role. Job description: [PASTE]. Company website: [LINK OR ABOUT TEXT]. My CV: [PASTE]. Ask me one question at a time, mixing competency, role-specific and tricky questions. After each answer, give brief feedback and a stronger example answer using my real experience. Finish with my three biggest areas to improve.
Reference: X @TexTheLaw