GitHub Copilot How to use Microsoft Outlook Mail with GitHub Copilot
You want Microsoft Outlook Mail inside GitHub Copilot so it can clear a backlogged inbox, draft replies across personal and shared mailboxes, find messages waiting on other people, and send approved follow-up email — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.
Create your Microsoft Outlook Mail gateway
The gateway is the thing GitHub Copilot connects to, and it is where you decide which Microsoft Outlook Mail tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.
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Create an Arcade account
Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.
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Create an MCP Gateway and select your Microsoft Outlook Mail tools
In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Microsoft Outlook Mail tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.
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Copy your gateway URL
Every client below needs it.
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>
Connect the gateway to GitHub Copilot
JetBrains IDEs do not support remote MCP servers with Dynamic Client Registration — configure the gateway as “Arcade Headers” in the dashboard first. Setup also differs on Visual Studio, Eclipse and Xcode; check the docs for yours.
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In VS Code
Copilot picks up MCP servers configured in VS Code automatically, so follow the VS Code steps and you are done.
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In JetBrains IDEs
Copilot icon → Open Chat → Agent mode → tools icon → “+ Add More Tools…”, which opens mcp.json.
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Add the gateway with Arcade Headers
{ "servers": { "mcp-arcade": { "url": "https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>", "requestInit": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer {arcade_api_key}", "Arcade-User-ID": "{arcade_user_id}" } } } } }
Full GitHub Copilot guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13
Try these Outlook prompts
GitHub Copilot can now act on your Microsoft Outlook Mail account. Click a prompt to copy it.
Control whether an agent can read, draft, send, or move mail, and limit access to a user's or shared mailbox. Pair it with Contextual Access policies so sending messages or moving a selection of emails can require approval.
