I Built an AI Command Center for My Entire Work Day

Summary of the video (technological concepts + product features)

• What the product is: Sherwin Shef builds a personal “AI command center” dashboard using Copilot (called “Copilot Co-work” core work). The dashboard works like a daily control panel to decide what to focus on each day.

UI customization & themes

• Supports dark mode / light mode with a toggle.
• Designed to refresh on a schedule (see automation below).

Automation / scheduling

• The dashboard updates every hour.
• It runs on weekdays with a configurable time window (example shown: 7:00 to 6:00).
• A separate delivery mechanism sends an email every morning at 7:00 a.m. with the dashboard attached.
  • Even though the content updates hourly, the email is sent once per day to avoid spam.

Key dashboard widgets / data sources

• KPIs / counts at the top, such as:
  • Overdue action items
  • Unread emails (noted: he specifically replies to six)
• Clickable items:
  • Email links can open directly from the dashboard, including Outlook context (mail and Outlook invites)
• Calendar + meetings:
  • Displays upcoming meetings
  • Shows unread Teams notifications
• Projects & status:
  • Active projects
  • Who is out of office (counts and details below)
• Overdue + attention items:
  • A highlighted section for what requires focus
• Schedule color-coding:
  • Activities are color coded based on status: accepted / tentative / not
  • Week calendar load uses colors:
    • Red = overloaded
    • Blue = medium
    • Gray = light
  • Used for planning (e.g., choosing a better day for new meetings)
• Time allocation breakdown:
  • Splits time by categories such as customer-facing, training, and admin (customizable)
• Email/work management lists:
  • Emails needing reply (click to open)
  • Long-term action items
  • Training/learning
  • Follow-ups (example: follow up with manager)
• Team collaboration context:
  • Team chats
  • Recent files worked on

Build approach (“recipe”) using Copilot Co-work

• Sherwin provides a step-by-step recipe that generates the dashboard content and layout.
• It uses two prompts:
  1. Prompt #1: Defines what the dashboard includes (the elements shown in the UI), including “premium touches” like theme toggling.
  2. Prompt #2: Schedules/executes the actual workflow step after Prompt #1 finishes.
• Workflow execution:
  • Copy prompt 1 → paste into a new task in Copilot Co-work → run it.
  • Copy prompt 2 → paste it after prompt 1 completes → run/schedule to generate the dashboard.

Delivery mechanics detail

• Hourly output is stored in an output folder where an HTML dashboard file is produced (example shown: 11:55 a.m.).
• Even though updates happen hourly, Sherwin sends one email per day with the dashboard attached.

Where the tutorial assets are posted

• The “recipe” prompts will be available on a website: cozy.pro (blog section), with copy/paste support.

Main speakers / sources

• Speaker: Sherwin Shef (Microsoft)
• System/tool referenced as source: Copilot Co-work (Copilot core work)