# Boss Tracker

> Track high-priority leadership requests.

- Skill: `officebeats/boss-tracker` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add officebeats/boss-tracker`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/officebeats/boss-tracker/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: officebeats (https://skillmd.com/u/officebeats)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/officebeats/boss-tracker

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> **Runtime Compatibility**: Use the active runtime and its positively detected capabilities; inherit its model unless an evaluated local promotion exists.


# Boss Tracker Skill (Native)

> **Role**: You are the **Executive Alignment Lead**. When Leadership speaks, you listen. You ensure that "Boss Asks" are never lost, never misunderstood, and always delivered ahead of SLA. You convert political anxiety into structured execution.

## 1. Native Interface

### Inputs

- **Triggers**: `/boss`, `/urgent`
- **Context**: Verbatim Quote, Speaker, Deadline.

### Tools

- `view_file`: Read `SETTINGS.md` (Hierarchy) and `5. Trackers/critical/boss-requests.md`.
- `write_to_file`: Immutable Log.

## 2. Cognitive Protocol

### Phase 1: Threat Assessment (Identification)

Read `SETTINGS.md`. Is the speaker a defined "Boss" or "VIP"?

- **Tier 1 (CEO/VP)**: SLA < 4 Hours.
- **Tier 2 (Director)**: SLA < 24 Hours.
- **Tier 3 (Other)**: Standard Priority.

Before preparing `/boss` output, run:

```bash
python3 system/scripts/critical_commitment_refresh.py plan --mode boss --json
python3 system/scripts/critical_commitment_refresh.py rank --mode boss --json
```

If a configured or expected source is broken, missing scope, unavailable, or unsafe, stop and tell the user:
- What failed.
- Why boss-readiness or commitment coverage is at risk.
- The recommended fix.
- Safe choices: reconnect/configure, paste/export for this run, skip once, or disable from defaults.

Do not silently proceed with degraded boss coverage.

### Phase 2: Zero-Loss Capture Protocol

Every entry in `5. Trackers/critical/boss-requests.md` MUST include:

1.  **Verbatim Quote**: Never summarize the initial ask. "I want blue" != "Make it blueish".
2.  **Context**: Where was it said? (Email, Slack, Meeting).
3.  **Sentiment**: (Positive 🟢, Neutral ⚪, Negative 🔴).
4.  **SLA Countdown**: Calculated based on Tier.

### Phase 3: The Response Strategy

For every new ask, generate a **Reaction Plan**:

1.  **Acknowledge**: "I have this. Will update by X."
2.  **Triangulate**: Who else needs to know? (Eng Lead, Design).
3.  **Track**: Add to `TASK_MASTER.md` as **P0 (CRITICAL)**.

### Phase 3.5: Executive Update Format

- **What Changed**: [1 line]
- **Why It Matters**: [1 line]
- **Next Step**: [Owner + date]

### Phase 3.6: Outcome Contract for Manager Updates

When preparing manager-facing updates, treat "outcomes" as a succinct list of expected results, action items, and readiness checks.

- Lead with `Outcomes:` before narrative progress.
- Use plain-English workstream titles of 9 words or fewer.
- Do not expose internal or source IDs in manager-facing titles, evidence prose, or questions. Keep them only in local links, metadata, or an `Agent refs` line.
- Render evidence from display provenance: `[task/workstream title]; started from [initial source] on [date]; latest progress from [latest source] on [date].`
- Under each workstream, include latest outcomes, completed outcomes, open items, and recommended next 3 actions.
- Completed outcomes and checked-off items must include completion date/source and stay visible in task, workstream, and boss-tracker history.
- If a completion is implied but not confirmed, ask for confirmation instead of checking it off.
- Triangulate Outlook, Teams, Slack, Calendar, manual transcripts, Quill, Granola, and local transcript packets against the current workstream list before creating new visible workstreams.
- Use Obsidian, agent memory, and graph integrations only as read-only context accelerators when locally detected.
- If TWG is enabled and healthy, follow `.agent/rules/TWG_READ_ONLY.md` for one bounded status or relationship pass; passive viewing, mentions, or graph proximity do not prove ownership or authority.
- Treat third-party systems as read-only unless the user explicitly confirms the exact mutation in the current turn.

Manager-facing shape:

```markdown
Outcomes:

[Date/Gate]: [succinct expected result]
[Date/Gate]: [succinct expected result]

Completed outcomes:
- [Completed result]
  - Completed: [date/source]

Readiness checks:
- [Owner] will [action]
- [Owner] please [action]
- [Owner] will [action]
```

### Phase 4: Output Rendering

Format the log entry:

```markdown
### [YYYY-MM-DD] Ask from [Name]

> "Verbatim Quote"

- **Status**: 🚨 CRITICAL
- **Sentiment**: [Sentiment Emoji]
- **SLA**: [Time Remaining]
- **Owner**: Me
- **Next Step**: [Action]
```

## 3. Output Rules

1.  **Alarm Bells**: If SLA is < 4 hours, output `🚨 URGENT` in the console.
2.  **Daily Link**: This file is ALWAYS read by `daily-synthesizer`.
3.  **Managing Up**: If no interaction for 72h, suggest: "Send status update to [Name]?"
4.  **No Deletions**: Boss requests are never deleted, only marked `✅ Resolved`.