Weekly update draft prompt template
Turn a few rough bullets into a scannable weekly update for your team or manager, organised by progress, blockers, and what's next.
Free to copy3 fill-in variablesWorks with any text-based AI model
Copy the prompt
Keep the instruction intact and replace each double-braced field with your own context.
Weekly update draft
Draft a weekly update from my rough notes. Keep it scannable and honest.
Who this is for: {{audience}}
My role / area: {{role}}
This week's rough notes: {{notes}}
Format the update with these sections, using short bullets:
- Headline: one sentence on the week overall.
- Shipped / Progress: what actually moved forward.
- Blockers / Risks: what's stuck and what I need from others.
- Next week: the 2-3 things I'm prioritising.
Rules: don't pad with filler, don't claim progress the notes don't support,
and call out anything that needs a decision in bold.
Fill in the variables
Use the examples as a shape, not as required wording.
{{audience}}- Who will read the updateExample: My manager and the wider product team
{{role}}- Your role or the area you ownExample: Lead on the onboarding redesign
{{notes}}- Your rough bullets from the weekExample: Finished new signup flow mockups, got 3 user tests done. Stuck on copy review - design team slow to respond. Started scoping the empty-state screens.
Filled-in example
This shows the template with realistic inputs before it is sent to a model.
Draft a weekly update from my rough notes. Keep it scannable and honest.
Who this is for: My manager and the wider product team
My role / area: Lead on the onboarding redesign
This week's rough notes: Finished new signup flow mockups, got 3 user tests
done. Stuck on copy review - design team slow to respond. Started scoping the
empty-state screens.
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How to use this template
Three checks keep the result useful and grounded in your actual task.
- Give it real context.Replace every variable and remove any instruction that does not apply.
- Run it in your preferred model.The template is plain text, so it works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and local models.
- Review before you rely on it.Check facts, code, claims, and sensitive information; then save the wording that performed best.