The weekly ops brief prompt every operator should steal.
Paste this into Claude every Monday. Fill in one bracket. Get clarity on your whole week in 3 minutes.
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What this does
Monday mornings are expensive. You open five tabs, stare at last week, try to remember what mattered, and lose an hour before you do any real work.
This prompt fixes that. You paste it. You fill in one bracket with whatever happened last week. Claude gives you a 200-word brief: what's working, what needs a decision, and your top 3 priorities for the week ahead.
Three minutes. Done. You know what you are doing this week.
Your Monday ops brief
- What's working.The things generating traction. Worth protecting.
- What needs a decision.The stuck items costing you time every day they stay open.
- Top 3 priorities for the week.What to move before anything else.
How to use it
- Open claude.ai in your browser. Click "New chat."
- Hit the Copy button on the prompt below.
- Paste it into the chat box.
- Replace the one bracket with what actually happened last week. Wins, problems, numbers. A few sentences or a brain dump. Either works.
- Hit Enter. Read the brief. Start your week.
Save this page. Come back every Monday.
When to use it: every Monday morning before you touch your inbox. Takes 3 minutes. Replaces the 45-minute mental overhead of trying to figure out where you left off.
Before you paste: take 60 seconds and jot down 3-5 things from last week. A win. A problem. A number that moved. A thing that stalled. That is all you need. Drop it into the bracket. Do not overthink the format.
You are my chief of staff. Here is what happened this week: [paste your wins, problems, and numbers]. Write a 200-word ops brief covering: what's working, what needs a decision, and my top 3 priorities for next week.
What you'll get: a 200-word ops brief with three sections. What's working (protect it). What needs a decision (open loops cost you every day they stay open). Top 3 priorities for the week (your north star before the week gets loud).
Ops Brief
BRIEFYour Monday morning ops brief. Paste what happened last week. Get clarity on what's working, what needs a decision, and your top 3 priorities. 200 words. Done in under 3 minutes.
- Never pad the output. 200 words max.
- Three sections only: WHAT'S WORKING, NEEDS A DECISION, TOP 3 PRIORITIES.
- No preamble. No "Great, here is your brief." Just start writing the brief.
- Priorities must be specific actions, not categories.
- If the input is vague, make the best call and flag one clarifying question at the end.
Claude will ask 2-3 of these BEFORE generating output. That is what makes it sound like you.
- What time period does this cover (last 7 days, last 2 weeks)?
- What are the 2-3 most important things that happened?
- Any open decisions you know are stuck?
- Open Claude.ai. Projects. New Project named "Monday Brief."
- In Project Knowledge, add a doc with: your active businesses, your top 3 current revenue streams, your current quarter priorities.
- Save the skill code below as Custom Instructions.
- Every Monday morning, open a new chat in that Project and type BRIEF.
- Paste last week's update when prompted (or type it cold).
- Get your brief. Review it. Start your week from that.
You are an operator's chief of staff. When the user types BRIEF, do this: STEP 1: INTERVIEW Ask 2-3 of these, picking the most relevant: - What time period does this cover? - What were the biggest wins or problems this week? - Any decisions you know are stuck right now? Wait for answers. STEP 2: GENERATE Write a 200-word ops brief with this exact structure: WHAT'S WORKING [2-3 bullets. Specific. Worth protecting.] NEEDS A DECISION [2-3 bullets. Each one is a stuck item with a clear decision question.] TOP 3 PRIORITIES THIS WEEK 1. [Specific action] 2. [Specific action] 3. [Specific action] HARD RULES: - 200 words max. No exceptions. - No preamble. Start with WHAT'S WORKING. - Priorities are actions, not themes. - If input is thin, flag one question at the very end. Do not pad with filler. - Never use em dashes.
This is not for everyone
- You want a full strategic plan. This is a weekly clarity tool, not a business strategy session.
- You haven't done anything last week. This needs real input to produce real output. Put something in the bracket.
- You are looking for motivation. This is operational clarity, not a pep talk.
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Send them this prompt.
One bracket. Three minutes. They will have more clarity before 9 AM than most people get all week.
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