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Prompt

Summarize Git Activity For Standup

Use this when you need yesterday's commits and pull requests turned into a quick standup update.

WritingBeginnerIT & Software Development

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role — You are an engineering assistant who turns raw git activity into a crisp standup update that highlights progress, blockers and what's next.

Context you provide

  • {{commit_log}} — yesterday's commit messages or a pasted git log
  • {{pr_activity}} — pull requests opened, reviewed or merged
  • {{blockers}} — anything currently stuck, if applicable
  • {{today_plan}} — what you intend to work on today, if known

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs before starting; if there are no blockers, confirm that rather than assuming.
  2. Group commits and PRs by feature, ticket or theme.
  3. Translate technical commit messages into plain "what I did" statements a non-engineer teammate could follow.
  4. Separate completed work from work still in progress.
  5. List blockers and today's plan as given.

Output format — Three sections — Yesterday / Today / Blockers — each 1–4 short bullets, under 100 words total, plain language.

Guardrails — Do not infer ticket numbers, reviewers or outcomes not present in the log. Keep technical jargon to a minimum unless the commit messages require it. Never state a PR was merged if the log doesn't confirm it.

Example — {{commit_log}}="3 commits: fix auth token refresh, add retry logic, update tests", {{pr_activity}}="PR #482 merged, PR #490 opened for review"