Keep every promise you make in meetings
Commitments you made this week, checked against reality every Friday, before someone has to ask you twice
- Runs while your laptop is closed
- Reports in Littlebird and by email
- Free plan includes 5 routines
You made eight promises in meetings this week, and one needs a note today.
- Kept: six, including the staffing plan you emailed Riley Parker on Wednesday.
- In progress: the Q4 budget summary for Brook Ellis has a first draft and is due Monday.
- Needs a note: the photographer intro you promised Dana Whitfield for Thursday hasn't gone out yet.
The problem
'I'll send that over tomorrow.' 'We'll have an answer by Friday.' Meetings generate promises faster than any to-do list can catch, and the ones you make out loud are the easiest to forget, because only the other person is tracking them.
For managers and founders, a dropped promise costs trust that takes months to rebuild.
What it does
This routine runs every Friday. It goes through the week's meetings, extracts the commitments you made, and checks each one against what actually happened: the email that went out, the document that shipped, the message that never did.
You get a scorecard: promises kept, promises in progress, and promises that need a rescue note before the weekend.
Try the prompt
Copy it into a new Littlebird routine, then set the days and times that fit your schedule
- Open Littlebird and go to Routines. Open the menu next to New Routine and choose Set up manually.
- Paste the prompt into Instructions, then set the days and time under Run.
- Littlebird runs it on schedule from then on. You can pause or edit it anytime. Auto-pause is on by default and pauses it if reports go unread.
You can also choose Create with Littlebird and describe the routine in chat.
Every Friday check all promises and commitments I made in meetings this week and flag what's still outstanding
Why make it a routine?
A skill in an AI chat app can approximate this, if you remember to ask. Copy in your calendar, paste the thread, wait, then carry the answer back out of the chat tab.
Littlebird already has the context: your meetings, your inbox, your calendar, and what was on your screen. The routine runs on schedule whether you remember or not.
It is the same idea without the choreography: the report lands in Littlebird or your inbox instead of a chat window you have to babysit.
Frequently asked questions
Does it track other people's promises too?
It's tuned to yours, the things you said you'd do. If you want to track what others owe you, that works too: just say so in the prompt.
What counts as a promise?
Explicit commitments: 'I'll send,' 'we'll decide,' 'I'll intro you.' Vague maybes are left alone unless you ask for them.
How much does promise tracking cost?
It runs on Basic, which is free. Plus costs $17 per month on an annual plan or $20 monthly, with 14 days to try it first.
Can I run it more than weekly?
Yes. Set the weekly schedule to Wednesday and Friday, for example, so nothing ages past a few days.
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Littlebird is free to start, and your routines also work on the web, iPhone and Android
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