Today's Agent Skill: Weekly Status Update Composer
What It Does
Writing the Friday status update is everyone's least-favorite 20 minutes — staring at a blank doc, trying to reconstruct what you actually did all week. Most people either skip it, pad it with filler, or send something embarrassingly thin. This skill flips the script: the agent assembles the update for you, pulling from your task list, calendar, and any notes you drop in.
How It Works
The skill accepts three inputs — a bullet list of completed tasks, a brief calendar summary (or paste of events), and any blockers or risks worth flagging. It structures these into a standardized status report with sections for accomplishments, in-progress items, blockers, and next week's priorities, calibrated to the appropriate level of detail for a manager audience.
How to Deploy It
Drop SKILL.md into your agent's skills directory and invoke it each Friday with a simple trigger phrase like 'compose my status update' followed by a paste of your week's notes. Works with any SKILL.md-compatible agent including Claude Code, ClaudeClaw, or any SDK agent that loads skill files at startup.
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## Description
Compose a polished weekly status update for manager or team distribution, structured from raw task notes, calendar data, and blocker inputs. Eliminates blank-page friction and ensures consistent formatting across weeks.
## Trigger
- "compose my status update"
- "write my weekly update"
- "draft my Friday status"
- "status update from my notes: [paste]"
## Input
- **tasks_completed**: Unformatted bullet list of what was finished this week
- **in_progress**: What's still open or partially done
- **calendar_summary**: Paste of calendar events or a plain-English summary of meetings attended
- **blockers** (optional): Anything stuck or at risk
- **next_week** (optional): Known priorities for the coming week
## Steps
1. Parse the task list and group items by project or theme — no more than 4-5 groupings
2. Identify the 2-3 highest-signal accomplishments and elevate them to lead bullets
3. Summarize in-progress work with current status and expected completion
4. Extract meeting themes from calendar summary; note any decisions made or action items owned
5. Format blockers as risk statements: what's stuck, why, and what's needed to unblock
6. List next week's top 3 prioritCopy the full SKILL.md and drop it into your agent's skills directory to activate this skill.