Microsoft’s Copilot Cowork Agent Launches on Mobile and Adds Plugins Support

Copilot Cowork, Microsoft’s new AI productivity agent designed in close collaboration with Anthropic, is now available on mobile devices, and it’s also adding support for reusable skills and third-party plugins. The new AI agent is currently available through Microsoft’s Frontier program for organizations interested in testing the company’s latest AI features.

Microsoft designed Copilot Cowork as an autonomous agent that completes multi-step tasks on its own, similar to Anthropic’s own Claude Cowork agent. “Cowork is built on Work IQ, our intelligence layer that understands your data, your tools, and your organization. That foundation allows Cowork to plan, act, and produce outcomes that are grounded in how your business runs and not just what is available on the public internet,” explained Charles Lamanna, Executive Vice President, Business Applications & Agents at Microsoft.

Using the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app, iOS and Android users can now delegate some tasks to the new Cowork agent, monitor its progress, approve or reject some actions, and examine the results. With Cowork Skills, it’s also now possible to save a set of instructions that the AI agent will be able to reuse to perform specific actions. Microsoft is also launching a public skills library to help users optimize some common workflows.

Lastly, Microsoft is making its new Cowork agent extensible with third-party plugins. A first selection of connectors from HubSpot, LSEG, Moody’s, and Notion is now available, with integrations with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Miro, monday.com, S&P Global Energy, and more coming soon.