---
name: write-high-signal-update
description: "Write short high-signal output: answer-first replies/updates, decisions, risks, asks."
---

# Write High-Signal Update

## Workflow

1. State the **decision or outcome** first.
2. List **facts** with sources; separate inference.
3. List **risks/blockers** with owners and dates.
4. Make **explicit asks** (who, what, by when).
5. Cut narrative, timeline fluff, and repeated context the audience already has.

## Template

```markdown
## Outcome
## Facts
## Risks / blockers
## Asks
## Next
```

## Gotchas

- Updates that bury the ask produce no action.
- Do not claim live/production status without evidence.


## Progressive disclosure

- [../edit-preserving-voice/](../edit-preserving-voice/) — edit while preserving voice and facts
- [references/research-basis.md](references/research-basis.md)

## Output

A short update ready to send.

## Archived depth

If the thinner entry is insufficient, read [pre-v3-entry-method.md](references/pre-v3-entry-method.md).