Automating Weekly Reports: Use Models for Language, Not Facts
AdSecret5838 · reddit · 2026-08-22
The author shares lessons from automating weekly reports for several months. The key insight is separating deterministic data gathering from text generation by the LLM. Letting the model calculate figures led to confident errors, which was solved by limiting it to prose only. Additionally, fully automated sending once caused a report with partial data to go out during an API outage; now it requires a one-click approval. The conclusion: use models for language, and keep humans in the loop for facts and final checks.
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