pm-stakeholder-update

name	pm-stakeholder-update
description	Draft a stakeholder update email or message summarizing product progress, blockers, and next steps. Pulls from initiatives, KPIs, and decisions. Use when user says "/pm-stakeholder-update", "write an update", "status email", or needs to communicate progress to leadership.

/pm-stakeholder-update — Stakeholder Update Drafter

Generate clear, concise status updates for leadership, cross-functional partners, or investors.

Parameters

Invoke with parameters for different contexts:

• /pm-stakeholder-update --audience board --period quarterly → board-ready quarterly update
• /pm-stakeholder-update --audience team → team weekly update with defaults

Parameter	Required	Description
audience	no	Who the update is for: board, leadership, or team (default: leadership)
period	no	Time period covered: weekly, monthly, or quarterly (default: weekly)

Workflow

Step 1: Determine Audience & Format

Ask (or infer from context):

• Who is this for? Leadership / Board / Cross-functional / Team
• Format? Email (default) / Slack message / Presentation bullets
• Cadence? Weekly / Bi-weekly / Monthly / Ad-hoc

Step 2: Gather Data

Automatically pull from:

• initiatives.json — status, progress, blockers
• metrics.json — KPI movements
• hq/decisions/ — key decisions made or pending
• Recent session history — notable events, wins, learnings

Step 3: Draft Update

For Leadership / Board:

Subject: [Product] Weekly Update — [Date]

TL;DR: [One sentence summary — the headline]

📊 Metrics
• [KPI 1]: [value] ([trend] vs last week)
• [KPI 2]: [value] ([trend])

🚀 Progress
• [Initiative 1]: [what happened] → [what's next]
• [Initiative 2]: [what happened] → [what's next]

🚧 Blockers / Risks
• [Blocker]: [what we need / by when]

⚖️ Decisions Needed
• [Decision]: [options, recommendation, deadline]

📅 Next Week
• [Top 3 priorities]

For Cross-functional Partners: Shorter, focused on dependencies and shared work.

For Team: More detail, include learnings and retro insights.

Step 4: Tone Calibration

• Leadership: Confident, data-first, highlight wins then risks
• Board/Investors: Metrics-heavy, trajectory focus, strategic framing
• Cross-functional: Action-oriented, clear asks, shared context
• Team: Transparent, celebratory, growth-focused

Step 5: Review & Send

Present draft. Ask:

• "Adjust tone or add/remove anything?"
• "Want me to send this via email?" (if Gmail MCP available)
• "Save as template for next week?"

Save to hq/updates/YYYY-MM-DD-stakeholder-update.md