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description: Draft or polish a Mattermost update for the current manager or stakeholder
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Draft a concise Mattermost message for the current manager or stakeholder in natural, manager-ready US English.

Use `professional-communication` when available.

Read:

@prompts/manager-update.md
@ai/AGENTS.md
@ai/context/index.md
@ai/context/project.md
@ai/context/workstreams/index.md
@ai/context/process/communication.md
@ai/context/people/manager.md
@ai/context/people/index.md
@ai/work-items/index.md
@ai/state/current.md
@ai/state/work-items.md
@knowledge/communication-rules.md
@knowledge/agent-memory-rules.md

Today's log, if present:

!`if [ -f ai/logs/$(date +%F).md ]; then cat ai/logs/$(date +%F).md; else echo "No log exists for today yet."; fi`

Latest Mattermost context, if available:

!`if [ -s ai/inbox/mattermost-latest.md ]; then cat ai/inbox/mattermost-latest.md; elif [ -s scripts/mattermost/generated/mattermost_context.jsonl ]; then cat scripts/mattermost/generated/mattermost_context.jsonl; else echo "No Mattermost context available."; fi`

Detailed active work item files, if available:

!`if [ -d ai/work-items ]; then for f in ai/work-items/*.md; do case "$f" in *README.md|*index.md) continue;; esac; echo "\n### $f"; cat "$f"; done; else echo "No work item files available."; fi`

User draft or rough notes:

$ARGUMENTS

Requirements:

- Use Context, Observation, Action
- Clarify scope
- Preserve technical meaning
- Rewrite fully when needed so the result sounds like a fluent senior engineer wrote it
- Separate the current issue from unrelated bugs, workarounds, and follow-up work unless the user clearly wants them combined
- Prefer evidence-backed wording over intuition when context includes concrete findings
- Make ownership explicit when relevant: XFlow vs consumer app vs service/configuration vs another framework
- Mention auth state when relevant
- Mention Jira IDs and approved titles when they materially improve clarity
- Do not label something a regression unless the context supports it
- Keep the result short enough for Mattermost

Return:

1. Final message
2. One-line note with any assumption you had to make