🔌 Work IQ

August 7, 2026 · View on GitHub

Browse, install, and discover skills from the Work IQ plugin marketplace for GitHub Copilot CLI.

This page is the central reference for every plugin published in the Work IQ marketplace. Each plugin bundles one or more skills (AI-guided workflows) and may include an MCP server that exposes tools to your Copilot session.

📋 Prerequisites

Requirement	Details
GitHub Copilot CLI	Getting started guide
Node.js 18+	Download from nodejs.org — includes NPM and NPX
Admin consent	The WorkIQ MCP server requires tenant admin consent on first use. See the Tenant Administrator Enablement Guide.

🏪 Installing the Marketplace

Before installing any plugin you need to register the work-iq marketplace in your Copilot CLI session (one-time setup):

# Open GitHub Copilot CLI
copilot

# Add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add microsoft/work-iq

Check registered marketplaces

/plugin marketplace list

Remove the marketplace

/plugin marketplace remove work-iq

🚀 Installing Plugins

Once the marketplace is registered, install any plugin with a single command:

# Install a single plugin
/plugin install workiq@work-iq
/plugin install workiq-preview@work-iq
/plugin install microsoft-365-agents-toolkit@work-iq
/plugin install workiq-productivity@work-iq

Tip: Restart your Copilot CLI session after installing a plugin for the new skills to become available.

Check installed plugins

copilot plugin list

Removing a plugin

copilot plugin uninstall workiq
copilot plugin uninstall workiq-preview
copilot plugin uninstall microsoft-365-agents-toolkit
copilot plugin uninstall workiq-productivity

📦 Plugin Directory

#	Plugin	Skills	Description
1	workiq	1	Full WorkIQ tool surface — agentic queries plus direct M365 reads and writes
2	workiq-preview	1	Preview build with the full entity tool surface (read + write)
3	microsoft-365-agents-toolkit	4	Toolkit for building M365 Copilot declarative agents
4	workiq-productivity	10	Read-only productivity insights across M365

workiq

Full WorkIQ tool surface for GitHub Copilot CLI: agentic semantic queries via ask plus direct, structured reads and writes against Microsoft 365 — emails, meetings, calendar, documents, Teams messages, OneDrive/SharePoint files, and people.

Install: /plugin install workiq@work-iq Source: plugins/workiq/

MCP Servers

Server	Tools
`workiq` (hosted)	`ask_work_iq`, `fetch_work_iq`, `fetch_blob_work_iq`, `get_schema_work_iq`, `search_paths_work_iq`, `create_entity_work_iq`, `update_entity_work_iq`, `delete_entity_work_iq`, `do_action_work_iq`, `call_function_work_iq`, `accept_eula`, `get_debug_link`

Skills

Skill	Description
workiq	Guides usage of the full WorkIQ tool surface — `ask` for semantic questions plus entity tools for fast, structured M365 reads and writes

Example prompts

"What did John say about the proposal?"
"List my unread emails from Sarah this week"
"Create a calendar event Friday at 3pm with the design team"
"Accept the 2pm meeting from Rob"
"Send the draft email to the engineering distribution list"
"Show me the channels in the DevX team"

workiq-preview

Preview build. Same natural-language access as workiq, plus a broader set of entity tools for direct, structured M365 reads and writes — fetch, create, update, delete, do-action, call-function, schema discovery, and blob downloads.

Install: /plugin install workiq-preview@work-iq Source: plugins/workiq-preview/

MCP Servers

Server	Tools
`@microsoft/workiq@preview`	`ask_work_iq`, `fetch_work_iq`, `fetch_blob_work_iq`, `get_schema_work_iq`, `search_paths_work_iq`, `create_entity_work_iq`, `update_entity_work_iq`, `delete_entity_work_iq`, `do_action_work_iq`, `call_function_work_iq`, `accept_eula`, `get_debug_link`

Skills

Skill	Description
workiq-preview	Guides usage of the full WorkIQ tool surface — `ask_work_iq` for semantic questions plus entity tools for fast, structured reads and writes

Example prompts

"What did John say about the proposal?"
"List my unread emails from Sarah this week"
"Create a calendar event Friday at 3pm with the design team"
"Accept the 2pm meeting from Rob"
"Send the draft email to the engineering distribution list"
"Download the latest PowerPoint from my OneDrive 'Specs' folder"

microsoft-365-agents-toolkit

Toolkit for building and evaluating Microsoft 365 Copilot declarative agents — scaffolding, JSON manifest authoring, capability configuration, deployment, and eval workflows.

Install: /plugin install microsoft-365-agents-toolkit@work-iq Source: plugins/microsoft-365-agents-toolkit/

Skills

Skill	Description
install-atk	Install or update the M365 Agents Toolkit CLI and VS Code extension
declarative-agent-developer	Scaffolding, JSON manifest authoring, capability configuration, deployment
ui-widget-developer	Build MCP servers with OpenAI Apps SDK widget rendering for Copilot Chat
m365-agent-evaluator	Generate, run, and analyze evaluation suites for M365 Copilot declarative agents

Example prompts

"Scaffold a new declarative agent for HR FAQ"
"Add web search to my agent"
"Deploy my agent with ATK"
"Create eval prompts for my agent"
"Run my evals and explain the failures"
"Improve my agent instructions based on the latest eval results"

workiq-productivity

10 read-only skills — email, meetings, Teams, SharePoint, projects, and people.

Install: /plugin install workiq-productivity@work-iq Source: plugins/workiq-productivity/

Skills

Skill	Description
action-item-extractor	Extract action items with owners, deadlines, and priorities
daily-outlook-triage	Quick summary of inbox and calendar for the day
email-analytics	Analyze email patterns — volume, senders, response times
meeting-cost-calculator	Calculate time and cost spent in meetings
org-chart	Visual ASCII org chart for any person
multi-plan-search	Search tasks across all Planner plans
planner-status-report	Generate a status report for one Planner plan
site-explorer	Browse SharePoint sites, lists, and libraries
channel-audit	Audit channels for inactivity and cleanup
channel-digest	Summarize activity across multiple channels

Example prompts

"Extract action items from today's meetings"
"Show me my inbox and calendar for today"
"Analyze my email patterns for the past month"
"How much time did I spend in meetings this week?"
"Show the org chart for Sarah Johnson"
"Search all my Planner tasks for 'budget review'"
"Generate a status report for the Contoso launch plan"
"Browse the Marketing SharePoint site"
"Audit inactive channels in the Engineering team"
"Summarize activity across my Teams channels"

🤝 Contributing a Plugin

Want to add your own plugin? See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full guide. The short version:

Create your plugin under plugins/{your-plugin}/
Add .mcp.json, README.md, and skills/{name}/SKILL.md
Register it in .github/plugin/marketplace.json
Update this file (PLUGINS.md) with your plugin entry
Submit a pull request