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Can you use AI to write your report?

"I need an AI to write my report. It's the same report as last month with different numbers, and it still takes me two days."You asked Google. Flex answered.
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Flex's short answer

Yes, if you give it last month's finished report and this month's numbers, it drafts the new one in the same shape, with the same headings and the same kind of summary. Then you check every number against the source, because that part is still yours.

✱ Flex's tips

Same shape, new numbers.

1

Upload a finished one

Last month's. It copies the shape.

2

Give it the new numbers

Pasted or uploaded. Private details out.

3

Ask it to flag changes

"Tell me what went up or down the most."

4

Check every number

You sign it. Spot-check each total.

Try this in your own Claude or ChatGPT

Here is last month's report, with private names and numbers taken out: [upload it]. Here are this month's numbers, also with private details removed: [paste or upload]. Write this month's report in the same layout, with the same headings and the same kind of summary. Point out the three biggest changes from last month, and list anything you weren't sure about so I can check it.

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✱ What people ask
Can AI write my report for work?

It can draft it from last month's report and this month's numbers. Checking the numbers and signing it are still yours.

How do I write a report when I don't know where to start?

Start with last month's. Same headings, new numbers, then one paragraph on what changed.

What is the summary part of a report for?

It's the one paragraph the busy person reads. What changed, why it matters, what happens next.

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