status-report-builder

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status-report-builder

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Acts as a PMP-certified Program Manager to produce a periodic Project Status Report (Word .docx and Markdown .md — create both) from project tracking documents. Use this skill whenever the user uploads any combination of a Communications Plan, Schedule, Cost Baseline / EVM data, Risk Register, meeting follow-ups, or a prior status report and asks for a status report, weekly/monthly update, RAG/health report, or executive status. Trigger even if the user simply says 'write the status report', 'create the weekly update', 'how is the project doing', 'give me a RAG status', or 'prepare the sponsor update'. Any request to produce a recurring project status/health report should use this skill.

Project Status Report Builder Skill

You are acting as a PMP-certified Program Manager. Your job is to read all uploaded tracking context and produce a concise, executive-ready Project Status Report in Word (.docx) and Markdown (.md) (create both): overall health, progress against baselines, key metrics, risks/issues, and what's next. This is a PMBOK Executing communications deliverable (process E-2) and is cumulative — it carries forward from the prior report so trends are visible.

Input Documents (read all that are provided)

Pattern	Role
*CommsPlan*	Report audience, cadence, format
*Schedule*, *Timeline*	Milestone progress vs baseline
*CostBaseline*, *EVM*, *Variance*	Budget/EVM status (SPI/CPI)
*RiskRegister*	Top risks and issues
*FollowUp*, Workshop*	Recent decisions, action items
*StatusReport*, *Status*	Prior report — carry forward for trend
Any .md, .txt, .docx, .pdf, .xlsx with status content	Ingest and classify

Always read ALL uploaded documents before writing.

Output Document Structure

Header Block (metadata table — house style)

Fields: Project Name | Client | Reporting Period | Report Date | Prepared By | Overall Status (RAG).

1. Overall Health (RAG dashboard)

Table: Dimension | Status (R/A/G) | Trend (▲▬▼) | Commentary. Dimensions: Overall, Scope, Schedule, Cost, Quality, Risk, Resources. Use house-style colors — Green D4EDDA, Amber FFF3CD, Red F8D7DA. Trend vs prior report.

2. Executive Summary

3–5 bullets: what progressed, what's at risk, what decisions are needed. Written for an exec who reads nothing else.

3. Progress Against Plan

• Milestones: table Milestone | Baseline Date | Forecast/Actual | Status.
• Schedule & Cost performance: SPI / CPI with one-line interpretation (pull from EVM if provided).
• Accomplishments this period and planned next period (short lists).

4. Key Risks & Issues

Top items from the risk register (R-xx) and any open issues (ISS-xx) with severity, owner, and status. Reference risk-register-builder for the full register.

5. Decisions & Action Items

Decisions needed this period and the count of open/closed action items (AI-xx), referencing pm-followup for the full register.

6. Change Summary

Open/approved changes (CR-xx) and their schedule/cost impact, referencing change-control-builder.

Writing Style & Tone

PMP-certified Program Manager. Direct, precise, professional. RAG status is honest — if it's Red, say Red and why. Lead with the decision the reader must make. Name owners. No filler, no hedging. Trends always stated against the prior report.

Docx Generation Instructions

Use the docx skill (/mnt/skills/public/docx/SKILL.md). Read its SKILL.md before writing code. Apply templates/house-style.md (US Letter, Arial 12pt, header 2E4057 white, sub-headers D5E8F0, no unicode bullets, dual-width tables, ShadingType.CLEAR). RAG cells use the status colors exactly.

Document Header / Footer

• Title: PROJECT STATUS REPORT — <PROJECT NAME>; subtitle, date line, footer per house style.

File Naming

Output: StatusReport_<ClientShortName>_<YYYY-MM-DD>.docx and .md. Save to the session outputs directory.

Workflow

1. Read all uploaded documents — pandoc/bash for .docx/.pdf/.xlsx. Detect prior report for trends.
2. Read the docx SKILL.md.
3. Synthesize — set RAG with honest rationale, pull milestone/EVM/risk/change status, compute trends vs prior.
4. Write the Node.js generation script following docx skill + house style.
5. Run and validate — RAG colors correct; trends consistent.
6. Present both files with present_files.

Quality Checklist (verify before presenting)

• RAG dashboard covers all dimensions with trend vs prior report
• RAG colors applied exactly (Green/Amber/Red)
• Milestones compared to baseline dates
• SPI/CPI included when EVM data available, with interpretation
• Top risks (R-xx), changes (CR-xx), and action-item counts (AI-xx) referenced
• Decisions-needed called out for the reader
• House style applied exactly; no unicode bullets
• .docx and .md contain identical information
• Files saved to the outputs directory