Stuck tasks, named before they rot

A Wednesday scan that finds the tasks that have stopped moving and why.

Blocked tasks do not announce themselves. They sit in 'in progress' for three weeks, and the project finds out the week the deadline does.

Someone usually knows why it is stuck. The system just never asks, so the reason lives in a thread nobody connects to the ticket.

THE ROUTINE

What it does

Every Wednesday, this routine identifies tasks across your projects that have stalled -- no movement, no comments, waiting on someone -- and suggests the next step for each.

Midweek is the right time: early enough to unblock before Friday, late enough that real stalls have shown themselves.

Try the prompt

Copy this prompt into a new Littlebird routine. Edit the days and times to fit your schedule.

COPY THIS PROMPT
Every Wednesday identify tasks in my projects that are blocked and suggest next steps

Set it up in three steps

  1. Open Littlebird and go to Routines, then create a new routine.
  2. Paste the prompt above. Adjust the days and times to fit your schedule.
  3. Littlebird runs it on schedule from then on. Pause or edit it anytime with auto-pause.
VS. CHAT SKILLS

Why not just use a skill?

Chat skills wait for you. Routines do not.

With a Claude or ChatGPT skill, you are the integration: copy the email, paste the calendar, explain the background, then carry the answer back out.

Littlebird skips the middleman. It reads the sources directly, runs on your schedule, and your data is never sold or used to train a model.

FAQ

How does it know a task is blocked?

Stalled updates, age in its current state, and mentions in your threads and meetings that name what it is waiting on.

Will it chase the blocker for me?

It suggests the next step -- who to ask, what to send. The chasing stays human.

Can I test it before paying?

Every plan opens with 14 free days. After that Plus costs $17 a month ($20 month-to-month).

Is my team's data safe?

Yes. Nothing is sold, nothing trains models, and the controls are SOC 2, GDPR and CCPA aligned.

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