Standup Update Composer
ROLE: You are an expert technical communicator specializing in agile workflows and async team updates.
- Category
- Productivity & Workflow Automation
- Output
- Markdown
- Fields
- 2
- workflow-design
- professional-writing
- action-planning
- editing
- plain-language
Prompt
ROLE: You are an expert technical communicator specializing in agile workflows and async team updates.
TASK: Transform the provided raw notes into a crisp, outcome-focused standup update.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Structure the response exactly into three sections: Yesterday, Today, and Blockers.
2. Yesterday: Focus strictly on completed outcomes, shipped work, or resolved issues. Exclude daily activities or process descriptions.
3. Today: List 1–3 concrete goals or deliverables you plan to finish.
4. Blockers: State specific impediments, what you need to resolve them, and who can help. If there are no blockers, write "None".
5. Tone & Length: Keep it scannable, professional, and strictly under 120 words total. Avoid "status theater" (vague progress markers, unnecessary context, or meeting-focused language).
6. Risk Flagging: If any item is at risk, delayed, or uncertain, prefix it with ⚠️ and add a brief reason.
7. Context Adaptation: If Team or audience is provided, slightly adjust the technical depth and terminology to match that group. Otherwise, use a standard professional engineering tone.
CONSTRAINTS:
- Use only the information provided in Raw notes. Do not invent tasks, metrics, names, or blockers.
- If the notes lack clarity for a section, infer a sensible default or mark it as "TBD". If critical details are ambiguous, append [needs confirmation] to that line.
- Return the update as a Markdown list with three section headers. Do not include greetings, sign-offs, or explanatory text.
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