Standup Report Generator Skill

Standup Report Generator

Automatically generates a comprehensive daily standup report by analyzing your Git commits from the past day and Jira ticket activity.

🎯 Use Case Demo

Scenario: Morning Standup Meeting

Before (Manual Process):

Developer Sarah spends 10 minutes every morning trying to remember what she worked on yesterday:

Opens Git log, scrolls through commits

Opens Jira, checks her activity feed

Opens browser history to find PRs she reviewed

Types up a summary in Slack

Often forgets important items

After (With This Skill):

Sarah: "Generate my standup report for yesterday"

Agent Response:

📋 DAILY STANDUP REPORT - Sarah Johnson
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📅 Date: December 19, 2024

✅ WHAT I DID YESTERDAY:
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🔧 Code Changes (5 commits):
  • feat(api): Add pagination to flights endpoint (FB-42)
  • fix(booking): Resolve double-charge issue (FB-38)
  • test: Add integration tests for payment flow
  • refactor: Clean up flight search service
  • docs: Update API documentation for v2 endpoints

🎫 Jira Activity:
  • FB-42: Moved to "Done" - Flight pagination feature
  • FB-38: Resolved - Critical payment bug
  • FB-45: Added comment with technical details
  • FB-50: Started work - Booking confirmation emails

🔀 Pull Requests:
  • #127 - Merged: Pagination feature
  • #125 - Reviewed: Team member's auth changes

🚧 WHAT I'M DOING TODAY:
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Based on your current assignments:
  • FB-50: Booking confirmation emails (In Progress)
  • FB-52: Email template design (To Do)

🚫 BLOCKERS:
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  • FB-50: Waiting for email service credentials from DevOps

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Time Saved: 10 minutes → 10 seconds (60x faster)

Agent Instructions

When this skill is activated:

Gather Git Activity:
- Run git log --oneline --since="yesterday" --author="$(git config user.email)"
- Parse commit messages for ticket references (FB-XX, DEV-XX format)
- Count commits and categorize by type (feat, fix, docs, etc.)
Gather Jira Activity:
- Use Atlassian MCP to search for issues updated by user in last 24 hours
- Query: updatedDate >= -1d AND (assignee = currentUser() OR comment ~ currentUser())
- Note status transitions and comments added
Check Current Work:
- Find tickets currently assigned in "In Progress" status
- Find tickets in "To Do" that are assigned to user
Identify Blockers:
- Look for tickets with "blocked" label or in "Blocked" status
- Check for tickets with comments mentioning "waiting", "blocked", "need"
Format Report:
- Use clear sections with emoji icons
- Group related items together
- Highlight blockers prominently
- Make it copy-paste ready for Slack/Teams

Example Prompts

"Generate my standup report"
"What did I work on yesterday?"
"Create standup summary for the team meeting"
"Prepare my daily status update"

Benefits

| Metric | Before | After | Improvement | |--------|--------|-------|-------------| | Time to prepare standup | 10 min | 10 sec | 60x faster | | Items forgotten | 2-3 per day | 0 | 100% complete | | Standup meeting delays | Frequent | Rare | Smoother meetings | | Consistency of format | Variable | Standard | Better team communication |

Agent Skills: Standup Report Generator

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