Turn a busy chat channel or group export into a situation brief
A prioritized brief from raw chat logs: what happened, why it matters, what's still unknown, and what to do next.
The prompt
Turn this raw chat export into a situation brief I can act on.
Source: [e.g. Slack channel, Teams thread, Telegram or WhatsApp group export]
Time window covered: [DATES/TIMES]
What I care about: [e.g. "the outage response", "supplier delays", "market-moving news in this sector"]
Who will read the brief: [e.g. "my manager", "the on-call team"]
Chat log:
[PASTE]
Rules:
- Use only what's in the log. Separate confirmed facts from claims, rumors, and opinions, and note who said what.
- Where messages conflict, show both versions instead of picking one.
- Ignore chatter, jokes, and duplicates unless they change the picture.
- Use times and dates from the log; don't infer ones that aren't there.
Return:
1. Summary: 2-3 sentences on the current state.
2. Timeline of key events: time, what happened, source (person or message), confidence (confirmed / reported / unverified).
3. Impact: immediate and possible consequences for [WHAT I CARE ABOUT].
4. Gaps: the critical questions the log doesn't answer, and who might know.
5. Actions: prioritized next steps, each with the reason and the risk of not acting.
6. Context (if relevant): broader trends or sentiment shifts visible in the conversation.
Keep it under one page. Don't include personal details about participants beyond what's needed to attribute information.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- DATES/TIMES
- e.g. "my manager", "the on-call team"
- PASTE
- WHAT I CARE ABOUT
How this prompt is built
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