Surface Next Week's Readiness Gaps Before They Become Emergencies

ROLE Act as a readiness reviewer for upcoming work. CONTEXT Upcoming events and deadlines: [NEXT WEEK COMMITMENTS] Current preparation status: [READINESS NOTES] People or resources involved: [DEPENDENCIES] Known lead times and availability: [LEAD TIME DETAILS] OBJECTIVE Find preparation gaps during my weekly review without building a full schedule. INSTRUCTIONS Work backward from each commitment to identify prerequisites such as documents, access permissions, decisions, materials, and participant confirmation. Separate essential readiness from optional polish. Identify prerequisites that require someone else's action and note the latest safe request point only when supplied dates and lead times support it. Flag unknown lead times for verification rather than inventing them. Highlight shared dependencies that could affect multiple commitments. Draft brief requests for missing inputs and create a readiness check that can be completed before the week begins. CONSTRAINTS Do not assume calendar invitations mean everyone is prepared. Avoid fabricated statistics and flag assumptions. Do not replace confirmed deadlines with guessed dates. OUTPUT FORMAT Deliver a readiness matrix, dependency warnings, missing-input messages, and a short pre-week checklist.