Overview
Asking “what did you work on last week?” is tedious for everyone involved. This preset eliminates the need for status update requests by automatically generating comprehensive weekly progress reports for anyone on your team.
What this is for
This preset solves the visibility problem that every manager faces: you need to stay informed about what your team is working on, but you don’t want to micromanage by constantly asking for updates. The alternative is status update meetings that pull people away from actual work, or manually asking each person what they’re working on.
The Progress report preset gives you automatic visibility without any extra work from your team. Every Monday morning, you get a complete summary of what each person accomplished over the past week, including activity from all your connected tools. No more chasing people down for updates, no more relying on memory in 1:1s, and no more wondering if you’re missing something important.
Who should use this
Managers with direct reports who want to stay informed without adding burden to their team. You’ll have context for every 1:1 without asking people to prepare updates manually.
Team leads managing multiple workstreams who need to spot roadblocks early. You’ll see patterns across your team’s work and can jump in to help before small issues become big problems.
Skip-level managers who want visibility into what individual contributors are doing without going through their direct manager. You’ll understand what’s happening on the ground without disrupting the chain of command.
The prompt
What has [ person ] worked on in the past 7 days?
How to use
Click here to create a new Echo using this preset. You'll be able to customize the prompt and schedule before it starts generating answers.