Weekly Report Generator
Create consistent, well-structured weekly status reports that communicate progress and plans effectively.
Every Friday you scramble to write a status report from memory, and the quality depends entirely on how rushed you are. This playbook generates consistent, well-structured weekly reports that effectively communicate progress, blockers, and next-week plans in a professional format.
Who it's for: individual contributors writing weekly status updates for their managers, team leads compiling team-wide weekly reports from individual updates, consultants producing professional weekly progress reports for clients, remote workers maintaining visibility through structured weekly communications, project coordinators standardizing weekly reporting across multiple workstreams
Example
"Generate my weekly status report from this week's work" → Report generator pipeline: accomplishment extraction from completed tasks and commits, blocker documentation with impact assessment and escalation needs, next-week plan with prioritized deliverables, metrics summary (tickets closed, PRs merged, meetings held), and formatted report matching your organization's template and tone
CLAUDE.md Template
New here? 3-minute setup guide → | Already set up? Copy the template below.
npx ccplaybooks add weekly-report# Weekly Report
## Overview
This workflow helps you create consistent, well-structured weekly status reports that communicate progress, blockers, and plans effectively to your team, manager, or stakeholders.
**Use Cases:**
- Individual contributor status updates
- Team lead rollup reports
- Project status updates
- Executive summaries
- Client progress reportsGet new playbooks like this one
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What This Does
This workflow helps you create consistent, well-structured weekly status reports that communicate progress, blockers, and plans effectively to your team, manager, or stakeholders.
Quick Start
Step 1: Create a Project Folder
mkdir -p ~/Documents/WeeklyReport
Step 2: Download the Template
Click Download above, then:
mv ~/Downloads/CLAUDE.md ~/Documents/WeeklyReport/
Step 3: Start Working
cd ~/Documents/WeeklyReport
claude
How to Use
- Tell me what you accomplished this week
- Share any blockers or challenges
- Describe your plans for next week
- Specify your audience (manager, team, executives, clients)
Example prompts:
- "Create my weekly status report for my manager"
- "Generate a team rollup report from these individual updates"
- "Write an executive summary of our project progress"
- "Draft a client-facing weekly update"
Output Format
I'll generate a report matching your needs:
# [Report Title]
**Period:** [Date range]
**Author:** [Name]
**Audience:** [Manager/Team/Executives/Client]
[Structured content based on template]
Limitations
- Cannot access your actual work systems or calendars
- Relies on information you provide
- May need adjustment for your organization's specific format
- Should be reviewed for accuracy before sending
Examples
Example: Quick Status Update
Input: "I finished the dashboard redesign, fixed 3 bugs, still working on the user auth feature which is delayed because I'm waiting on the security review. Next week I'll focus on finishing auth and starting the mobile optimization."
Output:
Weekly Status Report
Name: [Your Name] Week of: [Current Week]