Get Status Skill

Display current state of entities: active tasks, in-progress items, recent completions, and next steps.

When to Use

Trigger this skill when user:

• •Asks "What's the status of [entity]?"
• •Says "Show me updates for [entity]"
• •Asks "What's happening with [entity]?"
• •Says "How is [entity] doing?"
• •Asks "What's the progress on [entity]?"
• •Wants a quick overview of entity state
• •Says "status check" or "status update"

How It Works

1. •

   Identify target entity(ies)

   • •Single entity: "Status of Acme"
   • •Multiple entities: "Status of Acme and Beta"
   • •All entities: "Status of all clients"
   • •No entity specified: Ask user or default to all
2. •

   Read entity ROADMAP.md

   • •Extract tasks with - [ ] (todo)
   • •Extract tasks with - [-] (in progress)
   • •Extract tasks with - [x] (completed)
   • •Note deadlines if present
3. •

   Read entity PROFILE.md

   • •Get last updated timestamp
   • •Note key dates or upcoming events
4. •

   Format status summary

   • •Group by status (active, in-progress, completed)
   • •Highlight items needing attention
   • •Suggest next steps

Output Format (Single Entity)

Status: [Entity Name]

Active Work (3 tasks):
- [ ] Follow up on budget proposal (by Friday)
- [-] Security audit in progress (started 01/20)
- [ ] Schedule quarterly review

Recently Completed:
- [x] Send revised timeline (completed 01/22)
- [x] Initial kickoff meeting (completed 01/15)

Last Profile Update: 2026-01-24
Next Steps: Follow up on budget by Friday

Output Format (All Entities)

Status Across All Entities (12 total):

High Activity:
- Acme Corp: 5 active tasks, 2 in progress
- Beta Industries: 3 active tasks, 1 needs attention (deadline Friday)

On Track:
- Gamma LLC: 2 active tasks
- Delta Partners: 1 active task

Quiet:
- Epsilon Group: No active tasks (last update 01/15)

Needs Attention:
- Zeta Corp: 3 overdue tasks

Batch Processing

Supports status checks across multiple entities:

• •Specific entities: "Get status for Acme, Beta"
• •All entities: "Get status for all clients" or "What's happening across all projects?"
• •Single entity: "Status of Acme"
• •No entity specified: Ask user which entity, or offer all-entities summary

Progress feedback for batch operations:

Checking status for 5 entities...

Entity Type Awareness

Read entity type from CONFIG.md if present:

• •Use appropriate terminology (client, project, product)
• •Adapt summary framing to entity type

Status Indicators

Attention Flags

Automatically flag entities that need attention:

• •Overdue tasks: Deadline has passed
• •Stale entities: No updates in 7+ days
• •High task count: More than 10 active tasks
• •No progress: All tasks still in todo state

Error Handling

• •Entity not found: "No entity named '[name]' found. Did you mean [similar]?"
• •No entities exist: "No entities found. Create one with 'add new client [name]'"
• •Empty roadmap: "No tasks found for [entity]. Add some with 'add task to [entity]'"

Slash Command

/get-status [entity] or /status [entity]

Example: /status Acme Corp

Related Files

• •Entity roadmap: entities/[Name]/ENTITY_ROADMAP.md
• •Entity profile: entities/[Name]/ENTITY_PROFILE.md

Skill: get-status Version: 1.0