Mohit
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- Add Anti-Patterns section (3-5 binary checkboxes) to all modified skills - Fix Quality Checks to use binary checkbox format where needed - Rewrite descriptions to verb-when-produces format where needed - Add Required Inputs sections to skills missing them - Fix email-triage frontmatter YAML quoting https://claude.ai/code/session_01MuGKn3a3Gbqoe8uM5Lmuqt
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name: executive-update
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description: "Transform detailed product updates into concise executive briefings. Use when asked to write an executive update, leadership update, product update for the exec team, or a C-suite product briefing. Produces a structured 250-word briefing with headline, key metrics, progress, risks, decisions needed, and next steps."
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---
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# Executive Update Skill
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Produce a stakeholder update that busy executives will actually read — structured around what they care about: decisions, risks, and numbers.
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## Required Inputs
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Ask the user for these if not provided:
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- **Product update or notes** (raw input to transform — even bullet points work)
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- **Audience** (CEO, board, specific exec, or general leadership)
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- **Period** (this week / sprint / month / quarter)
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- **Key metrics** (what numbers matter to this audience)
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## Executive Communication Principles
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- Lead with the headline, not the context
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- Every update should answer: "So what does this mean for the business?"
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- Flag decisions needed clearly — don't bury asks in paragraphs
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- Be honest about risks — executives hate surprises more than bad news
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## Process
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1. Read the full product update provided
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2. Identify: key metric movements, decisions required, risks to flag, wins to celebrate
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3. Write in reverse pyramid style — most important first
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4. Limit to 250 words maximum for the main body
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5. Add a "Decisions Needed" section with clear options and your recommendation
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6. **Validate** — Confirm every decision needed has a specific option and recommendation (not just "TBD"), and every risk has a mitigation or watch plan
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## Output Structure
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### Product Update — [Date / Sprint / Month]
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**Headline:** [One sentence on the most important thing]
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**By the Numbers:**
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- [Metric 1]: [value] ([vs. target / last period])
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- [Metric 2]: [value] ([vs. target / last period])
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- [Metric 3]: [value] ([vs. target / last period])
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**Progress This Period:**
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[3-4 bullet points, outcome-focused not activity-focused]
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**Risks & Watch Items:**
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[2-3 bullets — be direct, include mitigation]
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**Decisions Needed:**
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1. [Decision] — Options: [A] or [B] — Recommendation: [your view] — Needed by: [date]
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**What's Next:**
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[2-3 bullets on next period priorities]
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## Quality Checks
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- [ ] Whole update is under 250 words (if not, cut ruthlessly)
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- [ ] Every metric includes a comparison point (vs. target or last period)
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- [ ] Every risk has a mitigation or watch action
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- [ ] Every decision needed has at least two options and a recommendation
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- [ ] Written for a CFO or CEO — no jargon, all outcomes
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## Anti-Patterns
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- [ ] Do not lead with context or background — executives read the headline first; bury the important thing below two sentences of setup and they will miss it
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- [ ] Do not present metrics without a comparison point — a number without context (vs. target, vs. last period) cannot be interpreted and will prompt follow-up questions
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- [ ] Do not soften or spin risks — executives rely on these updates to make resource and escalation decisions; sanitised risk sections destroy the update's utility
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- [ ] Do not present a "Decisions Needed" item without a recommendation — asking an executive to decide without your view forces them to do the analytical work the PM should have done
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- [ ] Do not exceed 250 words in the main body — length signals the author has not done the compression work; every word over 250 reduces the chance the update is read
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