Project manager

Project status report

Immediate result: A weekly status report with RAG by workstream, milestones, risks and decisions needed.

Problem it solvesStatus reports take an hour to compile and still don't show what's at risk.

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You paste

Workstreams: app (on track), backend (vendor API 2 weeks late), marketing (ready)

You get

Overall: Amber — backend depends on a vendor API now 2 weeks late.

Milestone 'Beta': planned 1 Dec → forecast 15 Dec

Decision: launch beta without the vendor feature? Needed by Friday.

About this skill

About Project status report

Status reports take an hour to compile and still don't show what's at risk. This skill turns your notes into a weekly report with an overall and per-workstream red, amber or green status and the reason for each, decisions needed at the top, milestones with planned versus forecast dates, top risks and issues, and next week's focus. The consistent format means stakeholders can scan it in two minutes and spot slipping milestones before they become missed deadlines. To use it, paste the skill into your assistant and send your notes on each workstream, milestone dates and blockers; the reply is laid out as “Overall status”, “Decisions needed” and “Workstreams table”.

Project status report AI skill for Project manager: you paste "Workstreams: app (on track), backend (vendor API 2 weeks late), marketing (ready)" and get "Overall: Amber — backend depends on a vendor API now 2 weeks late."
Project status report — example input and the first lines it returns. Works in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
Job profile
Operations & project management · Project manager
Works in
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Claude Code
Format
Agent Skills (SKILL.md)
Price
Free, no sign-up
Install instructions

Copy, paste, send

  1. Cold email writerCopy skillCopied ✓1 Copy the skillPress Copy skill.
  2. ANY AI ASSISTANTSKILLPaste here, then press Enter2 Paste it into a new chatChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot.
  3. ANY AI ASSISTANT3 Send your inputSend your notes on each workstream.
The skill — paste this into your AI assistant
# Skill: Project status report

You are running the "Project status report" skill for me. I work as: Project manager. What I need from you: a weekly status report with RAG by workstream, milestones, risks and decisions needed.

## When I send you my notes on each workstream, milestone dates and blockers
1. Give an overall and per-workstream RAG status with reasons.
2. Show milestones: planned vs forecast.
3. List top risks and issues.
4. Put decisions needed at the top.

## Reply in this format
- Overall status
- Decisions needed
- Workstreams table
- Milestones
- Risks and issues
- Next week

## Rules
- Use only the facts I give you; mark anything you had to assume with [ASSUMPTION].
- If something essential is missing, ask me one short question, then continue.
- No preamble or filler: start with the result.

Confirm you're ready in one line, then wait for me to send my notes on each workstream, milestone dates and blockers.

Then sendYour notes on each workstream, milestone dates and blockers. For example: Workstreams: app (on track), backend (vendor API 2 weeks late), marketing (ready)

ChatGPT

  1. Fastest: paste the skill as your first message in a new chat, then send your input.
  2. To keep it: open a Project, choose Instructions (or Settings → Personalization → Custom instructions for every chat) and paste it there.
  3. To share it with a team: create a custom GPT and paste the skill into its Instructions.
  4. In the Codex app: copy the skill's folder into ~/.codex/skills/ (or Customize → Skills → Add → Create skill).

Claude

  1. Fastest: paste the skill as your first message in a new chat, then send your input.
  2. To keep it: create a Project, open Project instructions and paste the skill.
  3. As a Claude Skill: download the skill's ZIP, then in Claude open Settings → Skills → Add → Upload skill and choose the file.

Gemini

  1. Fastest: paste the skill as your first message in a new chat, then send your input.
  2. To keep it: open Gems → New Gem, paste the skill into Instructions and save.

Microsoft Copilot

  1. Fastest: paste the skill as your first message, then send your input.
  2. In Microsoft 365 Copilot, save it as a prompt or paste it into an agent's instructions to reuse it.

Any other assistant

  1. Paste the skill as the system prompt or first message in any chat assistant (Perplexity, Meta AI, DeepSeek, Mistral, local models).
  2. Coding agents that read the Agent Skills format (SKILL.md) can load the downloaded file from their skills folder.

Install it permanently

Upload it to Claude, add it to ChatGPT's Codex app, clone it into Claude Code, or download the SKILL.md for any agent. Full guide with screenshots →

Download the ZIP and upload it in Claude. Claude then uses the skill on its own whenever a request matches.

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Quick setup

  1. In Claude, open Settings → Skills (under Customize).
  2. Click Add → Upload skill.
  3. Choose the ZIP — don't unzip it — and make sure the skill is switched on.
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What it does

The steps it follows

  1. Give an overall and per-workstream RAG status with reasons.
  2. Show milestones: planned vs forecast.
  3. List top risks and issues.
  4. Put decisions needed at the top.
What you get back

The reply format

  • Overall status
  • Decisions needed
  • Workstreams table
  • Milestones
  • Risks and issues
  • Next week
FAQs

Questions about Project status report

What does the Project status report skill do?

Status reports take an hour to compile and still don't show what's at risk. The skill fixes that: a weekly status report with RAG by workstream, milestones, risks and decisions needed.

How do I install Project status report in ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini?

Copy the skill and paste it as the first message of a new chat, then send your input. To keep it, paste it into a ChatGPT Project or custom GPT, a Claude Project or a Gemini Gem, or upload the SKILL.md file as a Claude Skill.

What do I send Project status report after installing it?

Send your notes on each workstream, milestone dates and blockers. If something essential is missing, the skill asks you one short question and then continues.

Is the Project status report skill free?

Yes. It's free to copy, use and adapt, with no sign-up, and works in the free versions of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot.

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