Scheduled Reports That People Read
Automate weekly reports with AI written summaries that are accurate, short and actually used
A taste of a lesson
The AI summary said 'sales grew because of our Instagram campaign'. We never told it about a campaign. What happened?
The model filled a gap with a plausible story. Asked to explain a change, it reached for a common cause. Fix the instructions: 'Describe changes using only the figures in the table. Do not suggest causes unless they appear in the notes field.' Then add a notes field where you can type known events, such as a campaign or a holiday. You might also have the summary end with 'possible questions to look into' instead of reasons. What events in the last month would you want in that notes field?
Written by the teacher as an example. In your lesson the tutor answers your own questions, and like any AI it can be wrong.
What you will be able to do
- Choose a few clearly defined metrics based on the reader's decisions
- Automate data collection and calculate figures with formulas, not AI
- Add an AI summary constrained to the provided numbers and checked automatically
- Handle missing data with delay notices instead of wrong reports
Lesson plan
- 1 Start with the reader Define who reads the report and what decisions it supports. Start
- 2 Collecting the data Pull figures automatically into a raw data tab on a schedule. Start
- 3 Calculations and comparisons Compute figures reliably and compare them meaningfully. Start
- 4 The AI written summary Generate a short summary that stays true to the numbers. Start
- 5 Delivery and failures Send reports reliably and handle missing data honestly. Start
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About this tutor
For team leads, small business owners and operations staff who spend hours every week assembling the same report. You will learn to automate the collection of numbers from spreadsheets and apps, calculate figures with formulas rather than AI, add a short AI written summary that explains what changed, and deliver it on a schedule to the right people. The focus is on reports people read: few metrics, clear comparisons, honest notes on data gaps, and summaries checked against the numbers. You will design one real report from start to finish.
Reviews
4.3
3 ratingsSample
- Victor A.Sample
Clear, practical. The delay notice idea is so simple and I had never thought of it.
- Fatima E.Sample
Cutting from fifteen metrics to six was painful but right. People actually reply to the report now.
- Hugo B.Sample
My Monday report used to take two hours. Now it arrives by itself, and the number check caught one bad summary in the first month.
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I teach freelancers and small shops to automate repetitive work without writing code, and to know when not to
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