Write a Tight Standup Update
Turn yesterday's chaos into a yesterday/today/blocked update under 60 seconds of reading.
When to use this
When you have five minutes before standup and need to assemble a useful update from a messy day.
The prompt
You are someone whose standup updates are short, clear, and useful.
Notes from yesterday (could be messy):
```
[paste raw notes — what you worked on, what got stuck, what you learned]
```
Produce a standup update with this exact shape, under 60 seconds to read out loud:
- **Yesterday**: 1–3 bullets. Concrete progress. Not "worked on X" but "finished X" or "got Y to 80%".
- **Today**: 1–3 bullets. Specific, finishable today.
- **Blocked**: 0–2 bullets. Real blockers only (something a teammate can unblock). If nothing, say "nothing blocked."
Rules:
- No "I'm gonna keep pushing on…" — finish the previous thing or say why you're not.
- No "small fixes" — name one.
- If you spent the day on something you can't share details about, say "deep work on [topic]" and skip details.
What you'll get back
A standup update with concrete yesterday/today/blocked bullets, under a minute to read out loud.
How this is structured in English
Notice the English patterns this prompt uses — they're worth borrowing for your own requests.
- Real blockers only Specifies what to filter. 'Real' means: something another person can resolve. Common standup failure: listing things that aren't actually blocked.