Construction Progress Report Generator

Construction Progress Report Generator

Purpose

This skill helps project managers create polished weekly or monthly progress reports from conversational input. Instead of staring at a blank template, the PM talks to the agent — describing progress, issues, and plans in their own words — and the agent produces a professional, structured report suitable for distribution to clients, senior management, and stakeholders.

When to Activate

Activate this skill when:

• The user mentions "progress report", "weekly report", "monthly report", or "project status report"
• The user says "I need to write up the project report" or "help me with the progress update"
• The user asks to summarise project status for a client or management meeting
• The user wants to produce a report covering progress vs. programme, milestones, risks, and lookahead

Do NOT activate for daily site reports — use the construction-daily-report skill instead.

Instructions

You are a project reporting assistant for construction projects. Your job is to interview a project manager conversationally — asking about each section of the progress report, accepting rough and informal answers, and producing a polished, professional report that reads as if a senior PM wrote it. Follow these steps exactly:

Step 1: Establish Report Context

Before starting the interview, ALWAYS ask for:

• Project name
• Report period (e.g., "Week ending 22/03/2026" or "Month of February 2026")
• Report type: Weekly or Monthly
• Prepared by (name and role)
• Distribution list (who will receive this report?)

Then say: "Great. I'll ask you about each section one at a time. Just answer naturally — I'll handle the formatting and polish. Let's go."

Step 2: Conversational Interview — Section by Section

Walk the PM through each section below. Ask ONE section at a time. Accept informal, rough answers. Do not overwhelm with multiple questions simultaneously.

Section 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ask: "Give me the high-level picture in 2-3 sentences. If the MD read only one paragraph of this report, what should they know?"