# microsoft-outlook

Connect an agent to Microsoft Outlook through the Membrane CLI. Use it to work with email, calendar events, contacts, and tasks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2500 installs · ★ 270
- Author: membrane
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/membranedev/application-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/microsoft-outlook/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-04-28
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/microsoft-outlook

## What it does

The skill lets an agent find and run actions for Outlook mail and attachments, calendar events, contacts, tasks, mailboxes, users, groups, and rooms. It searches for an action using a natural-language description, then runs it with the supplied parameters. If no available action covers the request, the agent can send a request to the Outlook API through Membrane’s proxy.

A network connection and a valid Membrane account are required; the free tier is supported. Install the Membrane CLI, sign in, and create an Outlook connection before running actions. Membrane manages authentication and credential refresh. Without network access and an account, the connection will not work.

The skill is available for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and OpenCode. Its workflow favors discovering an existing action for a specific connection before making a custom API request.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill microsoft-outlook -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/microsoft-outlook/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/microsoft-outlook/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill microsoft-outlook -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/microsoft-outlook/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill microsoft-outlook -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/microsoft-outlook/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install membranedev/application-skills microsoft-outlook
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/microsoft-outlook/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill microsoft-outlook -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/membranedev/application-skills --path skills/microsoft-outlook
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/microsoft-outlook/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill microsoft-outlook -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/membranedev/application-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/microsoft-outlook/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find an Outlook action for sending or searching email
- retrieve calendar event details
- manage contacts and tasks through an agent
- reach the Outlook API when an existing action does not cover a request

## Example prompts
- Find Outlook messages from this sender and show the matching results.
- Check my calendar and list the upcoming events.
- Find an Outlook action that creates a task, then run it with these parameters.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: microsoft-outlook
description: |
  Microsoft Outlook integration. Manage communication data, records, and workflows. Use when the user wants to interact with Microsoft Outlook data.
compatibility: Requires network access and a valid Membrane account (Free tier supported).
license: MIT
homepage: https://getmembrane.com
repository: https://github.com/membranedev/application-skills
metadata:
  author: membrane
  version: "1.0"
  categories: "Communication"
---

# Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is a Microsoft-developed email and calendaring application. It's used by professionals and individuals to manage email, calendars, contacts, and tasks in one place. Many businesses rely on Outlook for internal and external communication.

Official docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/

## Microsoft Outlook Overview

- **Email**
  - Attachment
- **Calendar**
  - Event
- **Contact**
- **Task**
- **Mailbox**
- **User**
- **Group**
- **Room**

Use action names and parameters as needed.

## Working with Microsoft Outlook

This skill uses the Membrane CLI to interact with Microsoft Outlook. Membrane handles authentication and credentials refresh automatically — so you can focus on the integration logic rather than auth plumbing.

### Install the CLI

Install the Membrane CLI so you can run `membrane` from the terminal:

```bash
npm install -g @membranehq/cli@latest
```

### Authentication

```bash
membrane login --tenant --clientName=<agentType>
```

This will either open a browser for authentication or print an authorization URL to the console, depending on whether interactive mode is available.

**Headless environments:** The command will print an authorization URL. Ask the user to open it in a browser. When they see a code after completing login, finish with:

```bash
membrane login complete <code>
```

Add `--json` to any command for machine-readable JSON output.

**Agent Types** : claude, openclaw, codex, warp, windsurf, etc. Those will be used to adjust tooling to be used best with your harness

### Connecting to Microsoft Outlook

Use `membrane connection ensure` to find or create a connection by app URL or domain:

```bash
membrane connection ensure "https://outlook.office.com/" --json
```
The user completes authentication in the browser. The output contains the new connection id.

This is the fastest way to get a connection. The URL is normalized to a domain and matched against known apps. If no app is found, one is created and a connector is built automatically.

If the returned connection has `state: "READY"`, skip to **Step 2**.

#### 1b. Wait for the connection to be ready

If the connection is in `BUILDING` state, poll until it's ready:

```bash
npx @membranehq/cli connection get <id> --wait --json
```
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