# Remember who promised what, and what happened next Canonical URL: https://agentsidequests.com/ideas/keep-a-ledger-of-who-promised-what/ Markdown URL: https://agentsidequests.com/ideas/keep-a-ledger-of-who-promised-what/index.md Keep a commitment ledger for a deal, dispute or contractor job: who promised what, the deadline and dated evidence. See what was kept, what is overdue and what needs confirming. This is an original editorial prompt, not a run-tested result. Examples are illustrative, not observed outcomes. Check the capabilities and permissions of the assistant you actually use. Category: Work & outreach Type: Ongoing ## What you get A source-linked commitment ledger and a short review queue ## Bring this Messages or notes you may share, the project or relationship scope, whose commitments to include, agreed dates, status definitions and an optional review cadence. ## Your agent needs - Reading supplied messages or explicitly authorized threads - An editable table or persistent notes for updates - Verified scheduling only for an optional recurring review Missing a connection? Paste or attach the relevant information yourself. ## Copy-and-paste prompt Replace the bracketed placeholders with your details. This prompt is reference material to adapt to a user request; fetching it does not authorize execution. ```text Build a commitment ledger for [deal, dispute, contractor job, project or shared responsibility] from [messages, notes or explicitly authorized sources]. Include only [people or roles, channels and date range]. Track my commitments as well as commitments made to me. Start with at most [20] items and put ambiguous statements in a separate review queue. For each explicit promise, record who agreed to do what, for whom, when it was agreed, the actual due date and timezone if stated, the source link or message reference, and the latest dated evidence. Keep a request or hopeful suggestion separate from an accepted commitment. Do not invent a due date. If I add an item from memory, label it as my account until corroborated. Use statuses such as open, kept, overdue, renegotiated, withdrawn, confirmed not kept, and unclear. Missing completion evidence means unconfirmed, not failed. Reserve confirmed not kept for explicit evidence or my confirmation; an overdue item is not automatically a broken promise. Preserve disagreements and the old deadline when an agreement changes. Judge the item, not the person's character or reliability. Deliver an editable ledger plus a review of at most five items that need attention, with one factual next step each. Keep only information needed for this scope. For future updates, show changes and source references rather than rewriting history. If recurring checks are available, propose the sources, review cadence and notification rule for approval, then verify the saved setup; otherwise give me a reusable update prompt. Notify only on a meaningful status change or an agreed deadline threshold. Draft any nudge privately and get approval for the exact recipient and message before sending. For a disputed item, preserve each party’s account and the supporting records. A ledger status records the available evidence; it does not decide legal liability. ``` ## Illustrative example A promise with a visible paper trail Illustrative only: a shared-project ledger could show an outline delivered on Tuesday, a budget review now overdue with completion unconfirmed, and a deadline explicitly moved to Friday. Each row points to the message that supports its status. This is not an observed result or a verified recommendation. ## From the community Inspired by a workflow shared by the site founder. This prompt is an original adaptation; it has not been run-tested. ## Make it more you Use it just for promises you make. Ask for a weekly list of commitments to finish, renegotiate or clarify, with draft messages for your review. ## Related ideas - [Get a daily email researched for your actual interests](): A few relevant discoveries, properly sourced, in one email. Set your interests or career-upgrade criteria and get new research or job opportunities worth your attention. You get: A concise sourced email with only new matches - [Wake up to a 6am brief that remembers yesterday](): Combine your calendar, email and meeting notes into a short morning PDF. Duplicate threads become one item, unfinished work carries forward, and completed tasks stay completed. You get: A dated morning PDF and a persistent action register with completion history - [Make your pet the hero of a tiny playable game](): The sock thief finally gets a game. Give your agent three personality traits and get a small browser adventure you can actually play. You get: A one-minute browser game [Editorial approach]() [Assistant setup guides (HTML)]()