with the skill
Should I format this as a short executive email with a direct, urgent tone, leading with the decision needed? Also, what deadline should I give executives to choose between A and B?
internal-comms
what it does
A set of resources to help me write all kinds of internal communications, using the formats that my company likes to use. Claude should use this skill whenever asked to write some sort of internal communications (status reports, leadership updates, 3P updates, company newsletters, FAQs, incident reports, project updates, etc.).
Same request, same model, once with the skill and once without. Read both and judge for yourself.
“Write a status update for the exec team on the warehouse migration. We're going to miss the date and I need them to make a call.”
Source material given with the request
Project: move reporting from the old Oracle-based warehouse to the new cloud warehouse.
Original date: Dec 1. Realistic date now: Jan 19.
Why: 140 of the 610 legacy reports use stored procedures that have to be rewritten by hand; we found this in week 6.
Done so far: 470 reports migrated and verified; finance dashboards fully moved.
Options for execs:
A) approve $40k for two contractors for 8 weeks and keep Jan 19
B) drop the 60 reports nobody opened in the last 90 days, no extra cost, finish Jan 5
The old warehouse license renews Dec 15 for $18k per month if we haven't shut it down.
without
**Subject: Decision required: Warehouse migration will miss Dec 1**
The migration from the Oracle-based warehouse to the cloud warehouse will not meet the Dec 1 target. **We need an executive decision on whether to fund the remaining work or reduce scope.**
**Status**
- **470 of 610 reports migrated and verified**, including all finance dashboards.
- The remaining 140 reports use stored procedures that require manual rewrites. We identified this dependency in week 6; it was not accounted for in the original plan.
**Decision required**
| Option | Scope and timing | Additional project cost |
|---|---|---|
| **A — Complete all reports** | Add two contractors for eight weeks; finish **Jan 19** | **$40,000** |
| **B — Reduce scope** | Drop the 60 reports with no usage in the past 90 days; finish **Jan 5** | **$0** |
**License impact:** Both options extend beyond the Dec 15 Oracle license renewal. The old warehouse will cost **$18,000 per month** until shutdown. Assuming renewal is billed in full monthly increments and shutdown follows completion, Option A would require two months of renewal fees ($36,000); Option B would require one ($18,000).
**Requested action:** Please approve **A** to preserve full reporting scope, or **B** to prioritize an earlier, lower-cost exit from Oracle. Neither option preserves the original Dec 1 date.
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Claude Sonnet 5.5
made by Anthropic
claude-sonnet-5-5 · revision not reported by the provider
1 try per case · tested 1 Nov 2026
GPT-6.1 Sol
made by OpenAI
gpt-6.1-sol · revision not reported by the provider
1 try per case · tested 1 Nov 2026
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