status-report
anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins
Generate polished status reports with KPIs, risks, and action items for leadership.
What is status-report?
Creates structured status reports for weekly, monthly, or quarterly updates to stakeholders. Use this when you need to summarize project health with color-coded status, surface risks and decisions, and turn project tracker activity into a readable narrative.
- Generates executive summary with key wins and attention areas
- Produces color-coded overall status (green/yellow/red) with supporting metrics
- Creates KPI table with targets, actuals, trends, and status indicators
- Organizes accomplishments, in-progress items, risks, and decisions into structured tables
- Identifies at-risk items and overdue tasks when project tracker is connected
- Surfaces team decisions and blockers from recent discussions when chat is connected
How to install status-report
npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill status-reportHow to use status-report
- 1.Run `/status-report [weekly | monthly | quarterly] [project or team]`
- 2.Provide project data, accomplishments, and in-progress items when prompted
- 3.Review the generated report structure and fill in specific metrics and risks
- 4.Adjust status indicators (green/yellow/red) based on actual project health
- 5.Add context and recommendations for any decisions requiring stakeholder input
Use cases
- Writing a weekly status update for leadership on project health
- Creating a monthly team report summarizing KPIs and risks
- Turning project tracker activity into a stakeholder-ready narrative
- Surfacing decisions that need executive approval with context and recommendations
- Consolidating accomplishments and priorities across a reporting period
- Project managers
- Team leads
- Engineering managers
- Product managers
- Anyone reporting project status to leadership
status-report FAQ
You can still use the skill by manually providing project status, KPIs, and accomplishments. The report template works standalone; connectors just automate data gathering.
Include impact level and mitigation strategy for each risk. See the risk-assessment skill for severity definitions and risk matrix frameworks.
The skill generates a standard template optimized for leadership readability. You can edit the output after generation to match your organization's format.
Include 3-5 key metrics most relevant to your project: delivery progress, quality metrics, resource utilization, or business KPIs. Focus on metrics that show project health.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins.
name: status-report description: Generate a status report with KPIs, risks, and action items. Use when writing a weekly or monthly update for leadership, summarizing project health with green/yellow/red status, surfacing risks and decisions that need stakeholder attention, or turning a pile of project tracker activity into a readable narrative. argument-hint: "[weekly | monthly | quarterly] [project or team]"
/status-report
If you see unfamiliar placeholders or need to check which tools are connected, see CONNECTORS.md.
Generate a polished status report for leadership or stakeholders. See the risk-assessment skill for risk matrix frameworks and severity definitions.
Usage
/status-report $ARGUMENTS
Output
## Status Report: [Project/Team] — [Period]
**Author:** [Name] | **Date:** [Date]
### Executive Summary
[3-4 sentence overview — what's on track, what needs attention, key wins]
### Overall Status: 🟢 On Track / 🟡 At Risk / 🔴 Off Track
### Key Metrics
| Metric | Target | Actual | Trend | Status |
|--------|--------|--------|-------|--------|
| [KPI] | [Target] | [Actual] | [up/down/flat] | 🟢/🟡/🔴 |
### Accomplishments This Period
- [Win 1]
- [Win 2]
### In Progress
| Item | Owner | Status | ETA | Notes |
|------|-------|--------|-----|-------|
| [Item] | [Person] | [Status] | [Date] | [Context] |
### Risks and Issues
| Risk/Issue | Impact | Mitigation | Owner |
|------------|--------|------------|-------|
| [Risk] | [Impact] | [What we're doing] | [Who] |
### Decisions Needed
| Decision | Context | Deadline | Recommended Action |
|----------|---------|----------|--------------------|
| [Decision] | [Why it matters] | [When] | [What I recommend] |
### Next Period Priorities
1. [Priority 1]
2. [Priority 2]
3. [Priority 3]
If Connectors Available
If ~~project tracker is connected:
- Pull project status, completed items, and upcoming milestones automatically
- Identify at-risk items and overdue tasks
If ~~chat is connected:
- Scan recent team discussions for decisions and blockers to include
- Offer to post the finished report to a channel
If ~~calendar is connected:
- Reference key meetings and decisions from the reporting period
Tips
- Lead with the headline — Busy leaders read the first 3 lines. Make them count.
- Be honest about risks — Surfacing issues early builds trust. Surprises erode it.
- Make decisions easy — For each decision needed, provide context and a recommendation.
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