About this tag
The ai prompting tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about advanced AI prompting techniques, particularly in the context of Microsoft's Copilot ecosystem. Recent content highlights Microsoft Copilot Cowork, a feature that transforms Copilot into a long-running enterprise execution layer for multi-step tasks across Microsoft 365 apps. This development represents a shift from simple drafting and summarization to complex, autonomous workflows. The tag explores how AI prompting is evolving to enable more sophisticated, goal-oriented interactions with enterprise tools, with implications for productivity and automation. Users can find insights on prompting strategies for Copilot and similar AI assistants.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Copilot in Excel Dashboards: Why Short Prompts Can Beat Detailed Plans

    Every Copilot user eventually asks the same thing: how much should I tell it? Tony Phillips at How-To Geek tried to answer that for Excel dashboards. He built the same dashboard three times, changing only how he prompted Copilot. The version that came out best had the shortest instructions: a...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Claude Code Prompting: Delegate Goals, Keep Deployment Gates

    Boris Cherny’s advice to Claude Code users is to stop telling the agent exactly how to do every step of a task. At Y Combinator’s Startup School on July 25, Anthropic’s head of Claude Code argued that newer models are often being held back by users who turn a goal into a rigid sequence of...
  3. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft Copilot Cowork Turns Copilot Into a Long-Running Enterprise Execution Layer

    Microsoft’s Copilot strategy has crossed a meaningful threshold: the company is no longer positioning its assistant as a tool that merely drafts, summarizes, or answers questions, but as a long-running execution layer for enterprise work. The new Copilot Cowork preview, built in close...