Meet Alfred

Your AI-Powered Outlook Assistant

Alfred reads the email in front of you, drafts the reply, and lines up the meeting — right inside Outlook, with you approving every send.

  • ✓ Summarize long threads and attachments into decisions and next steps
  • ✓ Draft replies, forwards, and new emails in your tone, ready to review
  • ✓ Turn email into meetings with the right people, time, and agenda
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RE: Q4 renewal — revised terms (14)
Sarah Chen · to you, Legal, Finance · 2 attachments
Hi all — following the call, procurement accepted the 3-year term but wants the price cap moved to 4%...
Can we confirm by Friday? Legal still has open questions on clause 7.2...
📎 Renewal_Terms_v3.pdf   📎 Pricing.xlsx
Alfred
Summarize this thread and what I owe
3-year term agreed; open items: 4% price cap and clause 7.2. You owe a decision by Friday.
Draft a reply accepting 4% and set up 30 min with Legal
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Outlook Surfaces: Reading, Composing, Meetings
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Drafts Reviewed by You Before Sending
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Emails Sent Without Your Approval
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Platforms: Windows, Mac & Web

See It in Action

Open any email, click Compass AI on the ribbon, and ask Alfred in plain language. He already knows which message you are looking at.

From a 14-Message Thread to a Sent Reply

Alfred reads the open email, its attachments, and the conversation history, then prepares the reply in Outlook's own compose window. Nothing leaves your mailbox until you press Send.

  • ✓Understands the current message, sender, recipients, and attachments
  • ✓Opens a reply, reply-all, forward, or new message pre-filled for you
  • ✓Asks a quick question when something is unclear instead of guessing
Alfred · Compass AI
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"What does Sarah need from me, and by when?"
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Reading thread and Renewal_Terms_v3.pdf...
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✓ Decision on 4% price cap and clause 7.2 — due Friday
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✓ Reply-all draft opened — review and send

Why Organizations Choose Alfred

Get through the inbox faster without handing your voice, your judgement, or your mailbox to a black box.

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Inbox Clarity in Seconds

Stop scrolling through long chains to find the point. Alfred reads the message you have open — including attachments — and tells you what matters.

  • Summarize long threads into decisions, open questions, and owners
  • Extract action items and deadlines addressed to you
  • Read attached documents without opening each one
  • Look up related mailbox and contact details on request
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Replies That Sound Like You

Describe what you want to say and Alfred writes it — clear, polite, and on point — in Outlook's own compose window, where you can edit before sending.

  • Draft replies, reply-alls, and forwards with the right recipients
  • Write new emails from a one-line instruction
  • Adjust tone: firmer, warmer, shorter, more formal
  • You stay in control — Alfred never presses Send
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From Email to Meeting, Done

When a thread needs a conversation, Alfred prepares the invite with the right people, subject, and agenda pulled from the email itself.

  • Create meeting invites straight from the conversation
  • Pre-fill attendees, subject, time, and agenda
  • Help prepare for meetings you are organizing
  • Grounded in your organization's knowledge through Compass

Use Cases

See how teams across your organization use Alfred to spend less time in Outlook and more time on the work itself.

Executive
Inbox Triage
"Summarize this thread in three bullets and tell me what decision is needed from me" - Walk into every conversation already briefed.
Sales
Client Follow-ups
"Draft a follow-up thanking them for the call, recap the pricing we agreed, and propose next steps" - Send the recap while the meeting is still fresh.
Customer Success
Escalation Replies
"Reply calmly, acknowledge the delay, and commit to an update by Thursday" - Consistent, empathetic answers even on a busy day.
Legal & Compliance
Contract Threads
"Read the attached terms and list what changed versus what we sent last week" - Spot the clauses that need attention before replying.
Project Management
Kick-offs & Check-ins
"Set up a 30-minute check-in with everyone on this thread next week, agenda from the open items" - From email to invite in one request.
HR
Candidate & Employee Comms
"Write a warm offer follow-up confirming the start date and what to bring on day one" - Professional messages without starting from scratch.
Finance
Approvals & Requests
"Forward this invoice to accounts payable with a short note asking for approval by month-end" - Route requests to the right people, clearly.
Operations
Vendor Coordination
"Draft a firm but polite reminder that the delivery is overdue and ask for a revised date" - Keep suppliers moving without spending your morning on email.
Executive Assistant
Managing the Calendar
"Turn this request into a meeting with the board chair and CFO, and draft a reply confirming it" - Handle scheduling and the email that goes with it together.

Value for Everyone in the Organization

From individual contributors to the C-suite, Alfred gives back the hours lost to email.

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For Individual Users

Analysts, Coordinators, Specialists
  • Get the point of any thread without reading every message
  • Beat blank-reply paralysis — just say what you mean
  • Never miss an action item buried in an email
  • Schedule meetings without the back-and-forth
  • Stay in Outlook — no copy-pasting into another tool
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For Team Leaders & Managers

Team Leads, Department Heads
  • Respond faster to your team, clients, and stakeholders
  • Keep communication clear and consistent in tone
  • Turn discussions into owned actions and meetings
  • Hand off to Marlowe or Barnaby when email becomes a document or deck
  • Spend time leading, not catching up on the inbox
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For Executives & IT

Directors, C-Suite, IT Admins
  • Briefings on long threads in seconds
  • A human approves every message before it is sent
  • Deployed as a standard Microsoft Outlook add-in
  • Governed by your Compass organization rules and policies
  • Works in new and classic Outlook on Windows, Mac, and the web

Key Features That Drive Results

Built for how people actually work in Outlook.

Meetings Straight From the Thread

Alfred works while you read, while you write, and while you organize meetings. Ask him to turn a conversation into an invite and he fills in the details for you to confirm.

  • ✓Available when reading, composing, and organizing appointments
  • ✓Invite pre-filled with attendees, subject, and agenda
  • ✓Paired reply drafted to confirm the meeting
Alfred · Calendar
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"Book 30 min with Legal and Sarah on clause 7.2"
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✓ Invite opened: 3 attendees, agenda from the thread
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Confirm the time and click Send

Multi-Agent Ecosystem Integration

Alfred doesn't work in isolation. When an email needs a proper document, a deck, or deeper research, he connects to the rest of the Compass agents and your organization's knowledge — without leaving Outlook.

  • ✓Turn an email brief into a Word document with Marlowe
  • ✓Turn thread content into a PowerPoint deck with Barnaby
  • ✓Use connected Compass tools and knowledge bases for answers
Agent Collaboration
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"Turn this client brief into a proposal deck"
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Handing off to Barnaby...
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✓ Deck ready to open in PowerPoint
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✓ Reply drafted to share it with the client
Seamlessly Integrated With Your Microsoft Environment

Ready to Take Back Your Inbox?

Get started with Alfred, your AI Outlook assistant, today.

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