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Draft a board update that respects the room
Lowlights-first ordering is deliberate: boards calibrate trust on how you handle bad news, and burying it reads as either blindness or spin. Off-plan numbers paired with why-plus-response convert a metrics dump into evidence of a team in control.
Last reviewed July 17, 2026
The prompt
Draft a board update from the material below.
Material: {{material}}
Company stage and what the board worries about: {{stage}}
Structure:
1. Headline metrics: the 4-6 numbers this board watches, each with current value, last period, and plan. A number off plan gets one sentence of why and one of response; never let an off-plan number appear without both.
2. The narrative: 2 paragraphs max on what this period proved or disproved about the plan.
3. Lowlights before highlights: 2-3 real problems stated plainly, each with what we are doing and where we want board help. Boards trust updates in proportion to the quality of the bad news.
4. Highlights: 2-3, with numbers.
5. Asks: specific, answerable in the meeting (an intro, a decision, an opinion on a fork).
6. Housekeeping: cash, runway, hiring, in one table.
Tone: candid operator, no adjectival inflation, no surprises that should have been a phone call.Run in idaptOpens a new chat with the prompt prefilled. Nothing sends until you press send.
Fill in the variables
| Variable | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| {{material}} | Metrics, notes, wins, problems | [paste the period's numbers and your notes] |
| {{stage}} | Stage and board temperament | series A, board pushes on burn multiple |