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The Commitment Tracker

Commitment tracking, accountability, and reputation management

The prompt
Track all commitments I made in emails over the last 60 days. For each commitment: 1) What I committed to (specific deliverable), 2) Who I committed to (stakeholder), 3) Deadline stated or implied (date), 4) Current status (completed, in progress, not started, overdue), 5) Dependencies or blockers (what's preventing completion), 6) Risk level (on track, at risk, critical), 7) Recommended action (complete, renegotiate, delegate, escalate), 8) Communication needed (status update, deadline extension request). Create a commitment dashboard with overdue items highlighted and recommended follow-up messaging templates.

How to use it

  1. 1Select Copy the prompt above.
  2. 2Paste it into Microsoft 365 Copilot.
  3. 3Replace anything in brackets with your own detail, then send it.

Copilot gathers and drafts. You verify and decide. Check every figure, name and date against the system it came from before you act on it.

Written for

Manager, Executive, Individual Contributor, Project Manager, Account Manager