What do I need to use Stakeholder Update?

Project or product being reported on; Audience; Period; Current status; Key metrics.

Is Stakeholder Update free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Stakeholder Update

Q: How do I know the Stakeholder Update output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Update leads with BLUF — status, key takeaway, and action needed before any detail; Every metric has a target comparison (not just a raw number); Every risk has a mitigation and a "help needed" flag if stakeholder action is required; Decisions needed have specific options and a clear recommendation.

🟢 Production-Ready🕐 updated 2026-07-14 ✅ 4.8/5 🔷 SkillSpec L3 ⚙ ships an executable helper pm-essentials

Create concise executive stakeholder updates using the BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) framework. Use when asked to write a status update, progress report, project communication, or executive briefing for leadership or stakeholders. Produces a BLUF-led update with status, key metrics, risks, upcoming milestones, and decisions needed — readable in under 2 minutes.

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What to give it

▸Project or product being reported on

▸Audience — CEO, board, cross-functional leads, investors — changes depth and format

▸Period — this week / this sprint / this month

▸Current status — on track / at risk / blocked

▸Key metrics — and their current values vs. targets

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Update leads with BLUF — status, key takeaway, and action needed before any detail

✓Every metric has a target comparison (not just a raw number)

✓Every risk has a mitigation and a "help needed" flag if stakeholder action is required

✓Decisions needed have specific options and a clear recommendation

✓Total length is under 1 page / 2 minutes reading time

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Do not bury the status assessment at the bottom — BLUF means the most important information comes first

Do not report metrics without a target or prior-period comparison — raw numbers without context are not useful

Do not list risks without mitigation actions and clear flags for stakeholder help needed

Do not write decisions needed as questions without providing a clear recommendation — executives need options, not open-ended questions

Do not allow the update to exceed one page — if it requires more, the message needs editing, not expanding

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

Example output

Input: Weekly update for sales, support, and exec stakeholders on the checkout revamp. Status: 10% rollout live, conversion +4%, one payments edge case under investigation, full launch gated on a Legal PCI review due Tuesday. · generated by claude-sonnet-4-6

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