Groundwork

One prompt, one output, nothing carries over.

Most people use Copilot like a search bar — one prompt in, one output out, and nothing survives between sessions. For weekly sales workflows that need the same context loaded every time, that's a hard limit. You end up re-explaining the same background to the same tool over and over.

The work that matters isn't a single answer. It's a repeatable process a team can run the same way twice.

The folder structure does the work.

Groundwork is an agent workspace that runs entirely inside Microsoft 365. There's nothing to install and nothing to buy — the directory tree handles the orchestration. Every workflow is written as plain markdown, so anyone can open a file and see exactly what the agent will do, then copy it for their own use.

Five layers, loaded only when needed.

A boot file sets the ground rules. A thin router reads a short request and points it at the right workspace. Multi-stage pipelines move work through numbered steps, reusable skills handle the specialized parts, and business logic loads per stage, so the model only sees what the current step needs. It's model-agnostic — Claude, GPT, whatever works best.

Trigger a full workflow from one line.

Workflows that used to need a full re-brief every session now run from a short request and return consistent, checked output. The system documents itself: adding a workflow means writing a new folder, not training a new habit.