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The morning paper

Last week's work as a front page


Overview

LOGIN FLOW SHIPS AT LAST; USERS REJOICE. This preset turns last week’s progress into a Monday-morning front page, complete with a headline story, the shorter items below the fold, and a classified ad for that one task nobody has claimed.

What this is for

This preset solves the Monday recap problem with a format built for exactly this job. Newspapers spent a century perfecting how to tell busy people what happened: the most important thing goes in the headline, supporting stories get a paragraph, and small notices go in the classifieds. Your team’s week fits that structure better than it fits a bullet list.

The morning paper preset writes the front page every Monday: a lead story about the biggest accomplishment, two or three shorter pieces on other progress, a one-line mood report drawn from check-ins, and a classified ad for an orphaned task. That last one is sneaky-useful; a task that’s gone unclaimed for two weeks gets more attention as “WANTED: owner for flaky test suite” than it ever got in a backlog.

Who should use this

Team leads opening the week with a recap anyway. You’ll deliver it in a form people read top to bottom instead of skimming.

Managers who report upward and want their team’s work remembered. Executives forget bullet lists; they retell headlines.

Teams with orphaned tasks that linger because no list makes them visible. You’ll be surprised what a classified ad can move.

The prompt

Write last week's progress for the [ team name ] team as the front page of a newspaper. Lead with a headline story about the biggest accomplishment, add two or three shorter stories for other notable progress, include a brief 'weather' line about team mood from check-ins, and end with one classified ad for a task that needs an owner.

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.

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