User Question Pattern	Example	Action
What someone said/shared/communicated	"What did Rob say about X?"	`ask_work_iq`
Someone's priorities/concerns/focus	"What's top of mind for Sarah?"	`ask_work_iq`
Meeting content/decisions/action items	"What was decided in yesterday's meeting?"	`ask_work_iq`
Email content or conversations	"Any emails from John about the deadline?"	`ask_work_iq`
Teams messages or chats	"What did the team discuss about the release?"	`ask_work_iq`
Document locations or content	"Where is the design doc?"	`ask_work_iq`
Colleague expertise or ownership	"Who owns the billing system?"	`ask_work_iq`
Calendar/schedule information	"What meetings do I have today?"	`ask_work_iq`
Organizational context	"What are the team's Q1 goals?"	`ask_work_iq`
Project status or updates	"What's the status of Project X?"	`ask_work_iq`
Team activities or work	"What is the team working on?"	`ask_work_iq`
Any workplace/work-related context	"Any updates I should know about?"	`ask_work_iq`

DO NOT say "I don't have access to emails/meetings/messages" - use WorkIQ instead!

When in doubt, use WorkIQ. It's better to query and get no results than to miss workplace context.

Configuration

Authentication is automatic with the connected user's credentials.

MCP Tool

Use the ask_work_iq MCP tool to query Microsoft 365 Copilot. The tool accepts a single question parameter.

Tool	Parameters
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "<your question>" }`

Query M365 Copilot using the MCP tool:

Tool	Parameters
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "Who is the expert on TypeSpec?" }`

Tool	Parameters
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "What are the latest top of mind from Rob I should be aware of?" }`
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "What has Sarah been focused on lately?" }`
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "What did John share about the project?" }`
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "What concerns has my manager raised recently?" }`

Tool	Parameters
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "Who is the expert on authentication in our team?" }`
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "Who should I talk to about the billing system?" }`
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "Who worked on the checkout feature?" }`

Tool	Parameters
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "What decisions were made in my meeting last week about the new feature?" }`
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "Summarize the architecture discussion from yesterday's standup" }`
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "What action items came out of the sprint planning?" }`

Tool	Parameters
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "Any recent emails from Rob about the deadline?" }`
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "What did the team discuss in Teams about the release?" }`
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "Summarize my unread messages from today" }`

Tool	Parameters
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "Find the design doc for the authentication system" }`
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "What's the latest spec for Project X?" }`
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "Where is the API documentation for the payments service?" }`

Tool	Parameters
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "Based on discussions with my manager, what are my top priorities?" }`
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "What are the team's goals for this quarter?" }`
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "What's blocking the release?" }`

When implementing features, use WorkIQ to ground your work in organizational knowledge:

Tool	Parameters
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "Based on the latest spec for Project X, what are the backend requirements?" }`

Then implement based on the response.

Query Microsoft 365 Copilot for workplace intelligence.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`question`	string	Yes	The natural language question to ask M365 Copilot

Example:

Tool	Parameters
`ask_work_iq`	`{ "question": "Who is my manager?" }`