Daily Standup Writer
Transform commits and tasks into polished daily standup updates
What You Can Do
You can consolidate scattered project data (commits, task board updates, blockers, sprint goals) into a single, polished standup update tailored to your team's communication channel. The skill automatically extracts accomplishments, next priorities, and blockers, then formats them for Slack, Jira comments, email, or plain text—eliminating 5-10 minutes of daily synthesis work and ensuring your updates align with sprint context.
Features
Example Output
Input:
Commits:
- feat: add API rate limiting to user service
- fix: resolve memory leak in cache layer
- docs: update deployment runbook
Tasks completed:
- PROJ-342: Performance optimization
- PROJ-348: Code review for auth module
Blockers:
- Waiting on design approval for dashboard redesign
- Database migration script needs DevOps sign-off
Output (Slack format):
- ✅ Yesterday
• Implemented API rate limiting for user service to prevent overload scenarios
• Resolved critical memory leak in cache layer—reduced server memory by ~15%
• Completed code review for auth module (PROJ-348)
• Updated deployment runbook
- 🔄 Today
• Finalize dashboard styling based on design feedback
• Run database migration script post-approval
• Begin load testing for rate-limited endpoints
- ⚠️ Blockers
• Design approval for dashboard redesign (waiting on design team)
• Database migration requires DevOps sign-off before production deployment
Output (Plain text for email):
Daily Update — [Date]
Completed:
- API rate limiting implementation for user service
- Critical memory leak fix in cache layer
- Code review for auth module
- Deployment runbook updates
In Progress:
- Dashboard styling (pending design approval)
- Database migration deployment
Blockers:
1. Design approval needed for dashboard redesign
2. DevOps sign-off required for database migration script
What's Included
- SKILL.md instruction file with activation signals, prompt structures, and best practices:
- Standup template library covering Slack formatting, Jira comment syntax, email, and plain text variants:
- Git commit parsing checklist to help you prepare raw commits for input:
- Blocker extraction framework to identify and articulate impediments clearly:
- Sprint context guide for maintaining alignment with team goals and priorities:
Who It's For
- Scrum Masters and Agile coaches preparing team standups and tracking sprint velocity
- Engineering leads and tech leads communicating progress across multiple projects to leadership
- Software engineers in fast-paced sprints who context-switch between tasks and need quick handoff notes
- Product managers synthesizing engineer updates into stakeholder communication
- Remote/distributed team members writing asynchronous standups for timezone-scattered teams
Best For
- Daily standup preparation when you have 3+ data sources to consolidate
- Slack or Jira standup updates that need consistent formatting and tone
- Blocker identification and escalation to leadership or dependent teams
- Sprint retrospective documentation with daily progress markers
- Context handoffs between shifts or when transitioning between projects mid-sprint
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