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Summary

Adds the Out-of-Office Assistant skill (submissions/ooo-assistant/).

While you're out of office, it auto-replies to 1:1 chats and @mentions (clearly
marked as AI-generated), flags genuinely urgent items for your attention, watches
meetings for mentions of your name, and posts an end-of-day digest of what you
missed so re-entry is painless.

  • Platforms: Cowork, Scout
  • Tags: out-of-office, teams, automation, email, meetings, productivity

Submission checklist

  • metadata.json with name, description, platforms, tags, author, authorUrl
  • SKILL.md with frontmatter name matching the folder slug (ooo-assistant)
  • Gallery README.md
  • Genericized — no personal identity, product branding, hardcoded paths, or internal tool/codenames; tool references abstracted for portability
  • AI-generated replies explicitly disclosed to recipients

Notes

Adapted from a personal Scout skill. Single submission; no changes outside
submissions/ooo-assistant/.

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>
Copilot AI review requested due to automatic review settings July 27, 2026 13:52

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Pull request overview

Adds a new gallery submission for an Out-of-Office Assistant skill under submissions/ooo-assistant/, intended to provide OOO monitoring, auto-replies (with AI disclosure), urgency flagging, meeting mention monitoring, and end-of-day digests.

Changes:

  • Adds the agent-facing skill instructions (SKILL.md) including monitoring/digest procedures and the auto-reply template.
  • Adds a human-facing overview and usage guidance (README.md).
  • Adds gallery metadata (metadata.json) to publish the submission with platforms/tags/author info.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

File Description
submissions/ooo-assistant/SKILL.md New agent instructions for OOO monitoring, auto-replies, urgency detection, meeting mention checks, and daily digests.
submissions/ooo-assistant/README.md Human-facing setup/usage guidance for adopting the skill.
submissions/ooo-assistant/metadata.json Catalog metadata for the new submission (name/description/platforms/tags/author/version/dates).

Comment on lines +18 to +19
4. **Digest folder** — where to save the daily digest
(default: `Documents/daily-digests/`).
Comment on lines +33 to +34
Create these **recurring monitoring automations** (leave them enabled; they are
disabled/removed in the teardown phase when the user returns).
{
"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"],
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