Open with what you need from them. Then say what you did.
A status update under 250 words, rebuilt from your rough notes so the decisions the client owes you sit in the first four lines.
Most client updates are a diary. They list what the team did, in the order it happened, and tuck the one question that is holding up the project near the bottom. The client skims, replies with a thumbs-up, and the decision waits another week.
Client Status Report takes your raw notes and reorders them: status in one line, then each decision or input you need with a date and the cost of waiting, then what shipped as outcomes, then what is next. It cuts the result to a length a busy client reads, and tests the first screen on its own.
What it produces.
- →A one-line status: on track, at risk, or off track, with the reason
- →A decisions-needed list with deadlines and consequences
- →Shipped work written as outcomes, not activity
- →A report cut to under 250 words
- ✦Account managers who send weekly or monthly client updates
- ✦Project leads whose clients keep blocking decisions
- ✦Freelancers who want shorter updates that still get answered
- →client-status-report.zip: a native Claude Skill. Upload to Settings → Skills in Claude, or unzip to
~/.claude/skills/ - →client-status-report-skill.md: plain markdown. Works in ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Gemini, Claude Projects, agent system prompts, anywhere
- →A README inside the zip with install steps for Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini
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Before you buy.
How is this different from just asking Claude directly?
Asked cold, Claude tidies your notes into a neat summary in the same order you wrote them. This changes the order: decisions first, with dates and consequences, activity last. It then trims to a hard length and checks that the first four lines stand alone.
How is this different from a Tool?
Playbooks are systematically produced to a fixed template and priced accordingly ($12.99). Tools are hand-built, one at a time, and go deeper ($39 to $199). A Playbook gives you a reliable method for routine work; a Tool is for when the judgment matters more than the format.
Will this work with ChatGPT, Gemini, and other LLMs?
Yes. You get a native Claude Skill (.zip) that auto-invokes in Claude, plus a plain .md you can paste into a ChatGPT Custom GPT, a Gemini system prompt, or any LLM. The procedure travels with the file.
Can I share this with my team?
It's licensed for your own personal and professional use. The output it produces is yours to circulate. To put the Playbook itself in the hands of a whole team, email hello@authority.md about team licensing.
What if it doesn't work for me?
If the file hasn't been delivered, or arrives defective or empty, we refund in full: see our refund policy.