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Have ChatGPT Summarize Your Open Projects

A common Monday-morning task is rebuilding a mental picture of every open project. This recipe lets ChatGPT do it for you in one prompt: it lists your in-progress projects, pulls each one’s status, and writes one-line summaries you can paste into Slack or hand to a teammate.

Prerequisites

Section titled “Prerequisites”
  • ChatGPT Plus, Team, or Enterprise account.
  • BuildWorkPro connected via the Apps directory or Custom Connector. See Install in ChatGPT if you haven’t done this yet.
  • On the OAuth consent screen, granted at least projects:read.

  1. Open a new chat in ChatGPT.

    Confirm the BuildWorkPro connector is enabled for this conversation. ChatGPT shows a small connector indicator near the message input.

  2. Invoke the prompt.

    Use the summarize_open_projects prompt and write me a brief I can paste into Slack.

    ChatGPT calls prompts/get with name summarize_open_projects. The prompt internally calls projects.list filtered to status=in_progress, then asks ChatGPT to compose a tight summary.

  3. Read the output.

    ChatGPT returns something like:

    Open projects — Monday brief

    1. Storefront Glass — Acme Construction — Phase 2 of 3, on schedule, glazier crew on site Wed–Fri. Pay App #2 awaiting approval.
    2. East Wing Glazing — Northside Builders — On hold pending architect’s RFI response (submitted 4 days ago).
    3. Curtain Wall Phase 2 — Riverline Group — Mobilization week. Materials delivered, crew briefing scheduled Tuesday morning.
    4. Lobby Renovation — Harbor Tower — 80% complete, punchlist walk scheduled Thursday with the GC.

    Total: 4 in-progress projects. 1 on hold (waiting on customer). 1 nearing completion.

  4. Iterate if needed.

    • Need more detail on one? “Expand the East Wing project — what’s the RFI about?” — ChatGPT calls projects.get and any related tools to fill in the picture.
    • Need a different angle? “Group these by phase, not by project name.” or “Sort by which one I should pay attention to first.” ChatGPT recomposes from what it already pulled.

  5. Paste and send.

    Copy the brief, drop it into Slack, your standup notes, or wherever it needs to go. If you find yourself running this every Monday, set up a recurring chat in ChatGPT or move to the weekly_status_report prompt for a richer cross-domain view.