Progress

/progress — Progress Dashboard Skill

Purpose

Display a comprehensive dashboard of reading and writing progress: source counts by status, chapter word counts versus targets, and coverage gaps. Use to get a quick overview of the thesis project state.

Trigger Words

This skill activates on: progress, dashboard, status, how far, /progress.

Workflow

1. Count reading notes by status. Scan all *_NOTES.md files in literature/reading_notes/ using Glob. For each file, extract the Status field and tally counts for reading, completed, and integrated.

1. Count chapter word counts. For each file in chapters/, count words (split on whitespace, exclude Markdown syntax markers like #, |, ---). Compare against target word counts if a configuration file or chapter metadata specifies them. If no target is specified, use 5,000 words per chapter as the default.

1. Calculate coverage per chapter. Use the same logic as /map -- count how many sources are mapped to each chapter via the Relevance and Thesis Connections fields in notes files.

1. Output the dashboard.

Output Format

## Progress Dashboard -- {YYYY-MM-DD}

### Reading: {completed + integrated}/{total} sources completed

| Status | Count |
|--------|-------|
| Reading | {N} |
| Completed | {N} |
| Integrated | {N} |
| **Total** | **{N}** |

### Writing: {total_words}/{target_words} words ({pct}%)

| Chapter | Title | Words | Target | % | Status |
|---------|-------|-------|--------|---|--------|
| Ch1 | {title} | {N} | {N} | {N}% | Draft / Complete / Over target |
| Ch2 | {title} | {N} | {N} | {N}% | Draft / Complete / Over target |
| ... | | | | | |
| **Total** | | **{N}** | **{N}** | **{N}%** | |

### Coverage Gaps

| Chapter | Mapped Sources | Minimum | Status |
|---------|---------------|---------|--------|
| Ch1 | {N} | 3 | OK / Under-covered |

### Alerts

- {Any chapters over 150% of target word count}
- {Any chapters with 0 mapped sources}
- {Any notes files stuck in "reading" status for more than indicated period}

Chapter Status Logic

• Draft: word count is below 50% of target.
• In progress: word count is between 50% and 100% of target.
• Complete: word count is between 100% and 150% of target.
• Over target: word count exceeds 150% of target.

Constraints

1. Read-only. This skill never modifies any files.
2. No emoji in output.
3. No hardcoded chapter list. Detect chapters dynamically from the chapters/ directory.
4. Word counting should exclude front matter (YAML blocks), Markdown table delimiters (|---|), and horizontal rules (---).
5. If no notes files exist, display the reading section with all zeros and a note that no reading notes have been created yet.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: yha9806
• Source: yha9806/academic-writing-toolkit
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.