Engineering Team Charter Builder

Prompt

Create a team charter for [TEAM NAME] engineering team at [COMPANY NAME].

Team context:
- Team size: [NUMBER]
- Team mission: [WHAT THIS TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR]
- Tech stack: [PRIMARY TECHNOLOGIES]
- Team stage: [NEW TEAM / EXISTING TEAM REFORMING / SCALING TEAM]
- Known strengths of the team: [LIST]
- Known friction points: [LIST]
- Engineering manager: [NAME]

Write a comprehensive team charter:

1. **Team Mission** — One compelling sentence: what we build, for whom, and why it matters.

2. **Operating Principles** — 5-7 principles that guide how this team works. Specific, not generic ("be excellent" is not a principle).

3. **Working Agreements** — Concrete norms the team agrees to:
   - Meetings (attendance, agendas, recording)
   - Code review (SLA, depth, tone)
   - On-call (rotation, escalation, incident response)
   - Communication (async vs. sync, response times)
   - Work hours and availability expectations

4. **Decision-Making Framework** — Who makes which types of decisions? When is consensus required vs. when does the DRI (directly responsible individual) just decide?

5. **Definition of Done** — Shared standard for "this feature is complete."

6. **Growth and Learning Commitment** — How the team invests in each other's development.

7. **Charter Review** — When and how we revisit these agreements.