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Status Report

AnthropicOfficialPublished by Anthropic

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  • Content generator
  • Business and productivity
  • Apache-2.0
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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.
— the description by Anthropic

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The status-report skill transforms raw project activity and team updates into a structured, professional narrative suitable for leadership reviews. It provides a standardized template that includes executive summaries, KPI tracking, risk assessments, and actionable decision logs, ensuring stakeholders receive clear, consistent project health updates.

What it does

  • Generates a structured status report template for weekly, monthly, or quarterly updates.
  • Summarizes project health using a green, yellow, or red status indicator.
  • Tracks key performance indicators against targets.
  • Organizes accomplishments, ongoing tasks, and upcoming priorities.
  • Surfaces risks, issues, and required decisions for stakeholder attention.

When to use it

  • When preparing regular project or team updates for leadership.
  • When you need to synthesize project tracker activity into a readable narrative.
  • When you need to highlight specific risks or decisions that require stakeholder intervention.
  • When you want to maintain consistent reporting standards across a team.

Advantages

  • Saves time by automating the formatting of project data.
  • Improves communication clarity by using a standardized reporting structure.
  • Builds trust by transparently surfacing risks and issues early.
  • Facilitates faster decision-making by providing context and recommendations for stakeholders.

Usage examples

“/status-report weekly project-alpha”
Generates a structured weekly status report for Project Alpha, including current KPIs, recent accomplishments, and pending decisions.
“/status-report monthly marketing-team”
Creates a monthly performance summary for the marketing team, highlighting key metrics, ongoing initiatives, and identified risks.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://mp-staging.autogineer.com/agent-skills/anthropics/status-report/download

  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip status-report.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Anthropic

/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

  1. Lead with the headline — Busy leaders read the first 3 lines. Make them count.

  2. Be honest about risks — Surfacing issues early builds trust. Surprises erode it.

  3. Make decisions easy — For each decision needed, provide context and a recommendation.

Files

ATTRIBUTION.md

Attribution

This folder is an unmodified copy of the Agent Skill "status-report", distributed by AutoGineer (https://autogineer.com/agent-skills).

The skill's own files are unmodified copies. AutoGineer is not affiliated with or endorsed by the author or the publisher.

Files added by AutoGineer

  • ATTRIBUTION.md: this file, written by AutoGineer

  • LICENSE: copied from LICENSE

Requirements and compatibility

Written for: Claude Code, Claude apps

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

“Works with” means the tool reads the open Agent Skills format; a skill written for one tool may use features others lack.

Needs: Claude Code frontmatter

Security

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Attribution and licence

Published by
Anthropic
Publisher
Anthropic (Official)
Source
anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins · operations/skills/status-report · commit e050c2e
Licence
Apache License 2.0 (redistribution allowed)
  • LICENSE (added by AutoGineer from LICENSE)
  • ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)
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