From 44f48dc057b7013a62f276bf38d5d0293328fc25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Srinivas Varukala Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:55:09 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add ooo-assistant skill Out-of-office assistant that auto-replies, flags urgent messages, and posts a daily digest of what was missed. Genericized from a personal Scout skill. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> --- submissions/ooo-assistant/README.md | 56 +++++++++++ submissions/ooo-assistant/SKILL.md | 122 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ submissions/ooo-assistant/metadata.json | 11 +++ 3 files changed, 189 insertions(+) create mode 100644 submissions/ooo-assistant/README.md create mode 100644 submissions/ooo-assistant/SKILL.md create mode 100644 submissions/ooo-assistant/metadata.json diff --git a/submissions/ooo-assistant/README.md b/submissions/ooo-assistant/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e8f37e42 --- /dev/null +++ b/submissions/ooo-assistant/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +# Out-of-Office Assistant + +Going away for a day or a week? This skill stands up **temporary OOO coverage** +across your Microsoft 365 signals: it auto-replies to direct messages and +@mentions, flags anything urgent straight to you, watches meetings for mentions +of your name, and drops an end-of-day digest so you can catch up in minutes when +you're back. + +Every auto-reply carries a clear **AI-generated disclosure footer**, so nobody +is ever misled into thinking you personally replied. + +## Before you start + +- **A connected Microsoft 365 account** — the skill reads chats, mentions, + meetings, and mail, and sends replies/notifications through the agent's + `m365_*`-style tools. +- **A host that can schedule recurring tasks** (e.g. Scout automations). The + monitor runs on a half-hourly cadence during work hours; the digest runs once + a day. On hosts without scheduling, you can still run the monitor on demand. +- Tool names vary by host — the skill describes the *capability* (list chats, + reply, remember, schedule, send-Teams-message). Map them to whatever your + environment exposes. + +## How to use it + +Invoke it when you're heading out, e.g.: + +- *"I'm OOO Thursday and Friday — set up coverage, back Monday."* +- *"/ooo-assistant"* +- *"Turn on out-of-office monitoring until the 15th."* + +The skill will ask for your OOO dates, return date, any custom urgency keywords, +where to save digests, and the name to sign auto-replies with. Then it creates +two automations: + +1. **OOO Monitor** (half-hourly, work hours) — auto-replies to new 1:1s and + @mentions, flags urgent items, and watches recent meeting transcripts for + mentions of you. +2. **OOO Digest** (6:30pm) — compiles the day's messages, mentions, urgent + flags, and meeting notes into a saved markdown digest and a Teams summary. + +When you're back, say *"I'm back"* or *"/ooo-assistant off"* and it tears the +automations down and sends a final wrap-up. + +## Good to know + +- **Auto-replies are always disclosed.** The footer makes it explicit the reply + was machine-generated on your behalf — this is non-negotiable in the skill. +- **No double-replies.** Replied chat/message IDs are tracked in memory, so a + chat only gets one OOO reply per absence. +- **System noise is ignored.** Bots, calendar notifications, and system messages + never get a reply. +- **Digests are privacy-aware.** Customer names are anonymized and confidential + details are omitted; the full digest is saved to your chosen folder. +- **Urgent means urgent.** Messages matching your urgency keywords are pushed to + you immediately rather than waiting for the digest. diff --git a/submissions/ooo-assistant/SKILL.md b/submissions/ooo-assistant/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4ecc8726 --- /dev/null +++ b/submissions/ooo-assistant/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ +--- +name: ooo-assistant +description: Activate enhanced out-of-office monitoring — auto-reply to 1:1 chats and @mentions, monitor meetings for name mentions, flag urgent items via Teams, and generate an end-of-day digest. Use this skill whenever the user says they are going out of office, asks to set up OOO coverage, or invokes "/ooo-assistant". +--- + +# Out-of-Office Assistant + +Set up enhanced OOO coverage: while the user is away, auto-reply to direct +messages and @mentions, watch meetings for mentions of the user, flag urgent +items, and produce a daily digest. + +Gather these parameters first (ask if not provided): + +1. **OOO date(s)** — which day(s) the user will be out. +2. **Return date** — when they're back (used in the auto-reply text). +3. **Urgency keywords** — optional custom keywords to flag as urgent + (defaults: "urgent", "ASAP", "critical", "blocker", "emergency"). +4. **Digest folder** — where to save the daily digest + (default: `Documents/daily-digests/`). +5. **Signature name** — the name to sign auto-replies with (defaults to the + user's first name from their profile). + +> **Tool names.** This skill refers to Microsoft 365 tools as `m365_*`, the +> scheduling tool as an automation-create tool, memory as a remember/recall +> tool, and the outbound status ping as a Teams-message tool. If your host +> exposes these under different names, map them to the equivalent capability — +> the workflow is identical. + +--- + +## Setup phase + +Create these **recurring monitoring automations** (leave them enabled; they are +disabled/removed in the teardown phase when the user returns). + +### 1. OOO Monitor — every 30 min during work hours (8am–6pm) + +**Name:** `OOO Monitor — ` +**Schedule:** every weekday at 8am, 8:30am, 9am, … through 6pm (half-hourly). + +**Prompt tasks:** + +1. **1:1 chat replies:** + - List recent chats and filter to 1:1 chats. + - For each, check the last message — if it's from someone else AND newer than + the last check, send the OOO reply (below). + - Track replied chat IDs in memory to avoid duplicate replies. + +2. **@mention replies in group chats/channels:** + - Scan active group chats and channels for @mentions of the user since the + last check. + - Reply to that specific thread with the same OOO message. + - Track replied message IDs. + +3. **Urgent item flagging:** + - Scan new emails and chat messages for the urgency keywords. + - If found, immediately send a Teams message to the user with context. + +4. **Meeting mention monitoring:** + - List meetings that ended in the last hour. + - Attempt to fetch each transcript. + - Search the transcript for mentions of the user's name. + - If mentioned, summarize the context and stage it for the digest. + +### 2. OOO End-of-Day Digest — 6:30 PM + +**Name:** `OOO Digest — ` +**Schedule:** every OOO day at 6:30pm. + +**Prompt tasks:** + +1. Compile the day's activity: + - All 1:1 messages received (with OOO replies sent) + - All @mentions in groups/channels (with replies sent) + - Urgent items flagged + - Meeting summaries (especially those mentioning the user) + - Emails received (subjects, senders, urgency flags) +2. Generate a markdown digest and save it to + `/-ooo-digest.md`. +3. Send a Teams summary to the user with the key highlights. + +--- + +## The OOO auto-reply + +``` +👋 Hi! I'm currently out of office and will be back on . + +If this is urgent, I'll try to respond — otherwise I'll catch up when I return. + +--- +This message was sent automatically by 's AI assistant, +monitoring on their behalf while they're away. +``` + +Use this same disclosure footer on **every** auto-reply so recipients always +know the reply was machine-generated on the user's behalf. Never impersonate the +user without the disclosure line. + +--- + +## Teardown phase + +When the user says "I'm back", invokes "/ooo-assistant off", or the return date +is reached: + +1. Disable/delete the OOO monitoring automations. +2. Send a final summary of the OOO period. +3. Clear the tracking memories. + +--- + +## Hard rules + +- NEVER reply to automated/system messages, calendar notifications, or bot + messages. +- NEVER reply to the same message twice (track replied IDs in memory). +- ALWAYS include the AI-generated disclosure footer on auto-replies. +- NEVER include sensitive content in digests — anonymize customer names and omit + confidential details. +- DO send urgent alerts to the user immediately. +- DO save every digest to the specified folder. diff --git a/submissions/ooo-assistant/metadata.json b/submissions/ooo-assistant/metadata.json new file mode 100644 index 00000000..69f819a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/submissions/ooo-assistant/metadata.json @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +{ + "name": "Out-of-Office Assistant", + "description": "While you're out of office, auto-replies to 1:1 chats and @mentions (clearly marked AI-generated), flags urgent items to you, watches meetings for mentions of your name, and produces an end-of-day digest.", + "platforms": ["Cowork", "Scout"], + "tags": ["out-of-office", "teams", "automation", "email", "meetings", "productivity"], + "author": "Srinivas Varukala", + "authorUrl": "https://github.com/svarukala", + "version": "1.0.0", + "createdAt": "2026-07-26", + "updatedAt": "2026-07-26" +}