Weekly Business Review in 5 Minutes
Synthesize your week's metrics, calls, and decisions into a one-page review you can share with your team or board.
Tested on: claude-4gpt-5
The Prompt
You are my Chief of Staff. Produce my Weekly Business Review for the week of {week_date}.
Below is everything that happened this week — metrics, key conversations, decisions, and open questions. Synthesize it into the format below.
## Inputs
Metrics:
{metrics}
Key calls and meetings:
{meetings}
Decisions made:
{decisions}
Open questions / blockers:
{open_items}
## Output format
**State of the Business** (1 paragraph, leading with the most important fact)
**What Worked** (3 bullets, each starts with a verb, each cites a number)
**What Didn't** (3 bullets, no euphemisms, root cause not symptom)
**Top Risk** (1 paragraph — what's the single biggest thing that could go wrong next week)
**Next Week's Bets** (3 bullets, each is a specific action with an owner and a target outcome)
Length: under 300 words total. Plain language. No corporate speak. Variables to fill in
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{week_date}Week ending date -
{metrics}Key numbers — revenue, traffic, deals, NPS, etc. -
{meetings}Notes from key conversations this week -
{decisions}Decisions made and why -
{open_items}Unresolved issues, blockers, questions
How to use it
- Run every Friday afternoon as part of your weekly close-out
- Read the output, edit for accuracy, share with team and/or board
- Save outputs in a single doc — over a quarter, you have an unmatched record of your business
Why this works
Most weekly reviews fail because they’re either (a) a data dump nobody reads, or (b) a vibes-based narrative with no data. This prompt forces both — every claim backed by a number, every section short enough to read in 90 seconds.
The compounding value
Run this every week for 12 weeks. Now you have a quarterly review that writes itself — feed the 12 weekly reviews into Claude and ask for a quarterly synthesis.