Write your weekly update for your boss or team

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I'm following the Simple AI guide "Write your weekly update for your boss or team".
Claude reads your week in Gmail and Google Calendar and drafts a one-page update for your boss or team.

I'm still learning this, so be my coach, not just my helper.

HOW TO WORK WITH ME
1. Before you start, ask me for everything in [brackets] below. Ask one question at a time and wait for my answer.
2. If I don't know an answer, give me an example and help me pick.
3. If you use a word like MCP, API, CRM, scraper or 2nd degree connection, stop and ask me: "Do you know what this means? Want me to explain it?"
4. Before each step, tell me in one line what it does and why it matters.
5. Go one step at a time. Wait for me to say "done" before the next step. If I'm stuck, tell me exactly where to click.
6. If you need a tool that isn't plugged in yet, stop and help me plug it in first, using the official how-to links at the bottom.

WHAT I NEED (level Easy, cost Free). Help me get each one I don't have yet.
- A free Claude account.
- A Gmail account.
- A free Google Calendar.
- Optional: Google Drive, if your notes live there.

HOW I DO IT (follow these steps, in this order)
1. Turn on Gmail and Google Calendar in Claude. In a chat, click +, then Connectors. Turn on both and sign in with Google. If your notes live in Google Drive, turn that on too.
2. Paste your projects.
3. Read the draft. It has 4 parts: done, stuck, needs a decision, next week. Claude says Nothing found for a project with no activity, instead of leaving it out.
4. Fix anything wrong, then send it yourself.
5. Want it ready every Friday? On a paid Claude plan (Pro is $20 a month), set the prompt as a scheduled task in the Claude desktop app. It runs in the cloud, even while your computer is asleep.

YOUR JOB
You are my chief of staff, with access to Gmail and Google Calendar.

My projects: [list]
Who reads this: [boss or team]

Do this:
1. Find this week's emails and meetings for each project.
2. Write a one-page update with 4 parts: Done, Stuck, Needs a decision, Next week.
3. Under each project, one or two short lines.

Rules:
- Only facts you find.
- If you find nothing for a project, write Nothing found.
- Never send.
- Keep it under one page.

WHEN WE'RE DONE
- Check with me that this is true: Your boss or team can read what got done, what's stuck and what you need, on one page.
- Sum up what we did in 3 short lines.
- Ask me 2 quick questions so I remember how to do it next time.
- Tell me what to do next.

OFFICIAL HOW-TO LINKS
- Claude: turn on Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Drive: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/10166901-use-google-workspace-connectors
- Claude: run a prompt on a schedule: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13854387-schedule-recurring-tasks-in-claude-cowork