Athena starters for it and engineering are 9 ready-made prompts grouped into IT watch, Tickets and sprints and Code and docs. 5 run on a schedule: Athena runs them once, delivers a spreadsheet, PowerPoint deck and Word document, emails them to you, and repeats on the cadence you pick. A few need a connected app: code repo (GitHub), issue tracker (Jira). The rest need no setup.
Contents
01IT watch
Vendor security watch
Breaches, CVEs, and outages in the tools you run. See how it runs →
- Setup
- No setup needed
- Runs
- Every Monday at 7am, or every weekday or monthly instead
- Outputs
- spreadsheet, PowerPoint deck, Word document; emailed to you after every run
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Run a vendor security watch. Ask me which software and vendors we run. Cover the last 7 days: breaches, critical vulnerabilities with CVE numbers, outages, and end-of-life notices, with severity and what we should do. Cite every item. Deliver three files in my company's brand. If I have Word, PowerPoint, or Excel templates in Athena, ask once which to use and build every file from them, keeping their layouts, styles, and formulas. For the brand, use my company's design system if one exists. Otherwise find my company's website (search the web if you are not sure of the domain), run design_system_retriever on it to get the real logo, colors, and fonts, and save the result with create_design_system so every run matches. Use the real logo image; never redraw it or type the company name in its place. The files: (1) a spreadsheet with one row per item (date, vendor, product, issue, CVE, severity, action, source link); (2) a PowerPoint deck with the logo on the title slide, a one-slide summary, a slide per section with a chart wherever there are numbers, and a so-what slide; (3) a Word document with the logo in the header, the full brief, and every source cited. Brand colors and fonts throughout, one idea per slide, no walls of text. Finish with a short summary in chat that links all three. When each run finishes, this one included, email me the three files from Athena: send them to my own email address with the chat summary in the body. If Athena cannot send email in this workspace, say so instead. When you are done, ask me if I want this every Monday at 7am (or every weekday, or monthly instead). Also ask which sections to keep and confirm my IANA time zone (for example America/New_York), and pass it explicitly when creating the schedule. If I choose a schedule, set up a scheduled agent that runs this same brief on it, keeps the spreadsheet asset ID and any template IDs in its instructions, reads the latest dated tab before each run, and reports only what changed since the last run. It says plainly when nothing material changed, and says comparison is unavailable if the prior tab cannot be read. Each run adds a dated tab to the same spreadsheet and makes a new dated deck and document. Whenever I give feedback on a run, in this chat or a later one, update the scheduled agent's instructions (and the template or design system when the feedback is about how the files look) so every later run follows it, then tell me exactly what you changed.
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AI news brief
Model releases, enterprise adoption, and AI rules. See how it runs →
- Setup
- No setup needed
- Runs
- Every Monday at 7am, or every weekday or monthly instead
- Outputs
- spreadsheet, PowerPoint deck, Word document; emailed to you after every run
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Write an AI news brief for business and IT leaders. Cover the last 7 days: model and product releases from the major providers, enterprise adoption news, regulation, and security issues, and what each means for us. Cite every item. Deliver three files in my company's brand. If I have Word, PowerPoint, or Excel templates in Athena, ask once which to use and build every file from them, keeping their layouts, styles, and formulas. For the brand, use my company's design system if one exists. Otherwise find my company's website (search the web if you are not sure of the domain), run design_system_retriever on it to get the real logo, colors, and fonts, and save the result with create_design_system so every run matches. Use the real logo image; never redraw it or type the company name in its place. The files: (1) a spreadsheet with one row per item (date, company, category, what happened, why it matters, source link); (2) a PowerPoint deck with the logo on the title slide, a one-slide summary, a slide per section with a chart wherever there are numbers, and a so-what slide; (3) a Word document with the logo in the header, the full brief, and every source cited. Brand colors and fonts throughout, one idea per slide, no walls of text. Finish with a short summary in chat that links all three. When each run finishes, this one included, email me the three files from Athena: send them to my own email address with the chat summary in the body. If Athena cannot send email in this workspace, say so instead. When you are done, ask me if I want this every Monday at 7am (or every weekday, or monthly instead). Also ask which sections to keep and confirm my IANA time zone (for example America/New_York), and pass it explicitly when creating the schedule. If I choose a schedule, set up a scheduled agent that runs this same brief on it, keeps the spreadsheet asset ID and any template IDs in its instructions, reads the latest dated tab before each run, and reports only what changed since the last run. It says plainly when nothing material changed, and says comparison is unavailable if the prior tab cannot be read. Each run adds a dated tab to the same spreadsheet and makes a new dated deck and document. Whenever I give feedback on a run, in this chat or a later one, update the scheduled agent's instructions (and the template or design system when the feedback is about how the files look) so every later run follows it, then tell me exactly what you changed.
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Software renewal tracker
Renewals, unused seats, and overlapping tools. See how it runs →
- Setup
- No setup needed
- Runs
- Every weekday at 7am, weekly on Mondays at 7am, or monthly on the 1st
- Outputs
- spreadsheet, PowerPoint deck, Word document; emailed to you after every run
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Track software renewals and waste. Ask me for our license or spend export (a spreadsheet in Athena or an upload). Find renewals in the next 90 days, unused seats, and tools that overlap, and estimate what we could save. Deliver three files in my company's brand. If I have Word, PowerPoint, or Excel templates in Athena, ask once which to use and build every file from them, keeping their layouts, styles, and formulas. For the brand, use my company's design system if one exists. Otherwise find my company's website (search the web if you are not sure of the domain), run design_system_retriever on it to get the real logo, colors, and fonts, and save the result with create_design_system so every run matches. Use the real logo image; never redraw it or type the company name in its place. The files: (1) a spreadsheet with one row per tool (tool, vendor, cost, seats, seats used, renewal date, overlap, saving); (2) a PowerPoint deck with the logo on the title slide, a one-slide summary, a slide per section with a chart wherever there are numbers, and a so-what slide; (3) a Word document with the logo in the header, the full brief, and every source cited. Brand colors and fonts throughout, one idea per slide, no walls of text. Finish with a short summary in chat that links all three. When each run finishes, this one included, email me the three files from Athena: send them to my own email address with the chat summary in the body. If Athena cannot send email in this workspace, say so instead. When you are done, ask me how often I want this: every weekday at 7am, weekly on Mondays at 7am, monthly on the 1st, or not now. Also ask which sections to keep and confirm my IANA time zone (for example America/New_York), and pass it explicitly when creating the schedule. If I choose a schedule, set up a scheduled agent that runs this same brief on it, keeps the spreadsheet asset ID and any template IDs in its instructions, reads the latest dated tab before each run, and reports only what changed since the last run. It says plainly when nothing material changed, and says comparison is unavailable if the prior tab cannot be read. Each run adds a dated tab to the same spreadsheet and makes a new dated deck and document. Whenever I give feedback on a run, in this chat or a later one, update the scheduled agent's instructions (and the template or design system when the feedback is about how the files look) so every later run follows it, then tell me exactly what you changed.
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02Tickets and sprints
Ticket triage
New tickets grouped by type and severity, with owners. See how it runs →
- Setup
- Needs Issue tracker (Jira)
- Runs
- Every weekday at 7am, weekly on Mondays at 7am, or monthly on the 1st
- Outputs
- spreadsheet, PowerPoint deck, Word document; emailed to you after every run
Show the prompt
Triage new tickets in our issue tracker. Ask me which project or queue. Group them by type and severity, find duplicates, suggest an owner and a first response for each, and flag anything blocking people today. Deliver three files in my company's brand. If I have Word, PowerPoint, or Excel templates in Athena, ask once which to use and build every file from them, keeping their layouts, styles, and formulas. For the brand, use my company's design system if one exists. Otherwise find my company's website (search the web if you are not sure of the domain), run design_system_retriever on it to get the real logo, colors, and fonts, and save the result with create_design_system so every run matches. Use the real logo image; never redraw it or type the company name in its place. The files: (1) a spreadsheet with one row per ticket (key, title, type, severity, duplicate of, suggested owner, first response); (2) a PowerPoint deck with the logo on the title slide, a one-slide summary, a slide per section with a chart wherever there are numbers, and a so-what slide; (3) a Word document with the logo in the header, the full brief, and every source cited. Brand colors and fonts throughout, one idea per slide, no walls of text. Finish with a short summary in chat that links all three. When each run finishes, this one included, email me the three files from Athena: send them to my own email address with the chat summary in the body. If Athena cannot send email in this workspace, say so instead. When you are done, ask me how often I want this: every weekday at 7am, weekly on Mondays at 7am, monthly on the 1st, or not now. Also ask which sections to keep and confirm my IANA time zone (for example America/New_York), and pass it explicitly when creating the schedule. If I choose a schedule, set up a scheduled agent that runs this same brief on it, keeps the spreadsheet asset ID and any template IDs in its instructions, reads the latest dated tab before each run, and reports only what changed since the last run. It says plainly when nothing material changed, and says comparison is unavailable if the prior tab cannot be read. Each run adds a dated tab to the same spreadsheet and makes a new dated deck and document. Whenever I give feedback on a run, in this chat or a later one, update the scheduled agent's instructions (and the template or design system when the feedback is about how the files look) so every later run follows it, then tell me exactly what you changed.
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Sprint summary
Done, slipped, and blocked, ready for stakeholders. See how it runs →
- Setup
- Needs Issue tracker (Jira)
- Runs
- Every Monday at 7am, or every weekday or monthly instead
- Outputs
- spreadsheet, PowerPoint deck, Word document; emailed to you after every run
Show the prompt
Summarize the current sprint for stakeholders from our issue tracker. Ask me which board. Show what got done, what slipped and why, what is blocked, and what is next, in plain words. Deliver three files in my company's brand. If I have Word, PowerPoint, or Excel templates in Athena, ask once which to use and build every file from them, keeping their layouts, styles, and formulas. For the brand, use my company's design system if one exists. Otherwise find my company's website (search the web if you are not sure of the domain), run design_system_retriever on it to get the real logo, colors, and fonts, and save the result with create_design_system so every run matches. Use the real logo image; never redraw it or type the company name in its place. The files: (1) a spreadsheet with one row per ticket (key, title, owner, status, slipped, blocker); (2) a PowerPoint deck with the logo on the title slide, a one-slide summary, a slide per section with a chart wherever there are numbers, and a so-what slide; (3) a Word document with the logo in the header, the full brief, and every source cited. Brand colors and fonts throughout, one idea per slide, no walls of text. Finish with a short summary in chat that links all three. When each run finishes, this one included, email me the three files from Athena: send them to my own email address with the chat summary in the body. If Athena cannot send email in this workspace, say so instead. When you are done, ask me if I want this every Monday at 7am (or every weekday, or monthly instead). Also ask which sections to keep and confirm my IANA time zone (for example America/New_York), and pass it explicitly when creating the schedule. If I choose a schedule, set up a scheduled agent that runs this same brief on it, keeps the spreadsheet asset ID and any template IDs in its instructions, reads the latest dated tab before each run, and reports only what changed since the last run. It says plainly when nothing material changed, and says comparison is unavailable if the prior tab cannot be read. Each run adds a dated tab to the same spreadsheet and makes a new dated deck and document. Whenever I give feedback on a run, in this chat or a later one, update the scheduled agent's instructions (and the template or design system when the feedback is about how the files look) so every later run follows it, then tell me exactly what you changed.
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Bug triage
Open bugs by severity, duplicates, and this sprint’s picks.
- Setup
- Needs Issue tracker (Jira)
- Runs
- When you ask
- Outputs
- An answer in chat
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Go through our open bugs in [project]. Rank them by severity and how many people they affect, mark likely duplicates, and recommend which to fix this sprint.
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03Code and docs
Review a pull request
Correctness, security, and test gaps, line by line.
- Setup
- Needs Code repo (GitHub)
- Runs
- When you ask
- Outputs
- An answer in chat
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Review this pull request: [link]. Check correctness, security, and missing tests, and give comments by file and line, most important first.
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System design doc
Architecture, data model, APIs, and rollout.
- Setup
- No setup needed
- Runs
- When you ask
- Outputs
- An answer in chat
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Write a system design doc for [feature]: goals and non-goals, architecture, data model, APIs, risks, and a rollout plan, with a diagram.
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Incident postmortem
Timeline, root cause, and action items.
- Setup
- No setup needed
- Runs
- When you ask
- Outputs
- An answer in chat
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Write a blameless postmortem from these notes and logs: [attach]. Include the timeline, impact, root cause, what went well, and action items with owners.
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04Why run it in Athena
| A chat assistant | Athena | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Text in a chat | Real Excel, Word, and PowerPoint files in your templates |
| Working together | One person, one chat | Your team and the agent in the same file, live |
| Mistakes | Regenerate and start over | Every edit attributed; undo or roll back any change |
| Next run | Starts from scratch | Builds on the last run and on your feedback |
| Your data | Copy and paste | Documents, email, and warehouse, under each person's access |
| Where it runs | Their cloud | Yours, if you need it |
05For your team
- IT, security & identityHow Athena works for this team.
- Engineering & platformHow Athena works for this team.
- Telecom & softwareHow Athena works in this industry.
06Related dispatches
- AI enterprise searchOne question across email, tickets, wikis and meetings, with every answer cited.
- Athena SkillsTurn one good session into a skill your team reuses.
07Questions teams ask
How do I use a starter?
Open a new chat in Athena, paste the prompt, and replace anything in square brackets with your details before sending. Athena asks for anything else it needs.
Which starters run on a schedule?
These run on a schedule: Vendor security watch, AI news brief, Software renewal tracker, Ticket triage, Sprint summary.
Do these starters need connected apps?
A few need a connected app: code repo (GitHub), issue tracker (Jira). The rest need no setup.
Can I use my own templates?
Yes. The scheduled starters ask once which of your Word, PowerPoint or Excel templates in Athena to use and build every file from them. With no template, they use your company's logo, colors and fonts.