SITREP-Examples

A plain-text library of situational report examples, format guides, and a style guide for AI agents producing intelligence and operational reporting products. Everything is Markdown — no binaries, no images, no dependencies.

How to Use This Repository

1. Read [STYLE_GUIDE.md](STYLE_GUIDE.md) first — it codifies the writing conventions derived from all examples below.

2. Browse examples/ for real-world report formats across different domains and organizations.

3. Consult format-guides/ for official doctrinal standards on SITREP and intelligence summary production.

Style Guide

[STYLE_GUIDE.md](STYLE_GUIDE.md) — Writing conventions for AI agents: document structure, BLUF format, sentence patterns, sourcing/attribution, standardized likelihood expressions (ICD 203), and report-type-specific guidance.

Examples (examples/)

• fdd-israel-sitrep-2025-03-07.md — Foundation for Defense of Democracies · Daily situation report · 7 Mar 2025

• ict-epic-fury-sitrep-2026-03-02.md — ICT, Reichman University · Military SITREP · 2 Mar 2026

• isw-iran-update-2026-03-04.md — ISW / CTP at AEI · Evening special report · 4 Mar 2026

• acled-middle-east-2026-02.md — ACLED · Regional conflict update · Feb–Mar 2026

• windward-maritime-intel-2026-03-05.md — Windward · Maritime intelligence daily · 5 Mar 2026

• itic-iran-shiite-axis-2026-02-25.md — Meir Amit ITIC · Weekly OSINT bulletin (Iran/Shiite Axis) · 25 Feb – 4 Mar 2026

• itic-lebanon-hezbollah-2026-02-23.md — Meir Amit ITIC · Weekly OSINT bulletin (Lebanon/Hezbollah) · 23 Feb – 2 Mar 2026

• alma-hezbollah-atgm-assessment-2026-03-05.md — Alma Research Center · Threat/capability assessment · 5 Mar 2026

• pdb-august-6-2001.md — CIA (declassified Apr 2004) · Presidential Daily Brief · 6 Aug 2001

Format Guides (format-guides/)

• cjcsm-3150-05f.md — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff · Official 10-paragraph SITREP format and OPREP structure (Feb 2025)

• chadwick-grintsum.md — Military Intelligence journal · 5 principles for intelligence summary production (2022)

Notes

• Six of the examples depict a simulated scenario (US-Israel campaign against Iran, late Feb–early Mar 2026) from different analytical perspectives. The FDD Israel SitRep is a real report from March 2025 included for format comparison.

• The PDB is the only modern-era Presidential Daily Brief to have been fully declassified, released in connection with the 9/11 Commission in April 2004.

• Each file includes a source citation as an HTML comment at the top.