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Write a Performance Review in 20 Minutes

Paste your messy notes about a team member. Walk away with a structured, balanced, specific review ready to submit.

Performance reviews are painful because they require translating months of memory into structured written feedback, fairly, specifically, and constructively. Most managers either write something vague ("great collaborator!") or spend two hours agonising over phrasing. Claude handles the structure. You provide the truth.

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  1. step 01 / 05

    Give Claude the context

    Start by telling Claude who you're reviewing, what level they are, and what dimensions matter. The more specific, the more useful the output.

    Prompt
    I need to write an annual performance review for a direct report. Can you help me structure this?

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  2. step 02 / 05

    Paste your raw observations

    Don't filter yourself here. Paste messy notes, bullet points, Slack messages, whatever you have. Claude will synthesise it.

    Prompt
    Her name is Priya, Senior PM. Strong: led the onboarding redesign, 40% improvement in activation, shipped on time. Weak: changed requirements late in sprints twice without using change control. Engineering flagged it. She's technically strong but needs to grow as a collaborator with engineering.

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  3. step 03 / 05

    Generate the structured draft

    Claude writes the full review: overall summary, per-dimension ratings and commentary, and a forward-looking closing.

    Prompt
    Draft the full review.

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  4. step 04 / 05

    Sharpen with specifics

    Generic feedback feels unfair. Ask Claude to strengthen any section with more concrete language tied to real outcomes.

    Prompt
    The Impact section is good but make it more narrative. I want leadership to understand why this was hard, not just that the outcome was good.

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  5. step 05 / 05

    Calibrate the tone

    Ask Claude to adjust the balance. Softer for a fragile conversation, more direct for a high performer who needs honest feedback to grow.

    Prompt
    The collaboration section feels too harsh given how strong the rest of the review is. She's a high performer overall. I want the tone to reflect that while still being honest about the growth area.

    what you should see

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