📊 Auto-Report — Automated Report Generation#

Generate structured reports on schedule and deliver them to any chat channel.

How It Works#

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Data Collection → Structured Summary → Template Rendering → Channel Delivery

Report Types#

TypeFrequencyBest ForDaily ReportEvery dayWork summaries, market recaps, health trackingWeekly ReportOnce a weekSprint reviews, trend analysis, planningMonthly ReportOnce a monthKPI reviews, budget trackingAd-hoc ReportOn demandIncident analysis, deep researchStandup ReportDaily/WeeklyTeam check-ins, progress updates

Report Templates#

Daily Report#

markdown

## [Date] Daily Report

### Key Metrics
- Metric 1: value
- Metric 2: value

### Highlights
1. ...
2. ...

### Analysis
- ...

### Tomorrow's Focus
- ...

Weekly Report#

markdown

## Week X Report (MM.DD - MM.DD)

### This Week
- Mon: ...
- Tue: ...

### Metrics Summary
| Metric | This Week | Last Week | Change |
|--------|-----------|-----------|--------|

### Lessons Learned
1. ...
2. ...

### Next Week Plan
- ...

Scheduling with Cron#

Create automated report tasks using OpenClaw cron:

bash

# Daily report at 20:00 on workdays
openclaw cron add \
  --name "Daily Report" \
  --cron "0 20 * * 1-5" \
  --tz "Asia/Shanghai" \
  --session isolated \
  --agent-turn "Generate the daily report. Read the relevant data sources, structure the findings, and deliver to the target channel."

# Weekly report every Friday at 16:00
openclaw cron add \
  --name "Weekly Report" \
  --cron "0 16 * * 5" \
  --tz "Asia/Shanghai" \
  --session isolated \
  --agent-turn "Generate the weekly report covering this week's activity."

Cron Best Practices#

1. Use isolated sessions — prevents message duplication
2. Use agentTurn — not systemEvent (avoids triple-delivery bugs)
3. Set delivery.mode: "none" — let the agent handle messaging itself
4. Keep prompts self-contained — isolated sessions have no context
5. Set reasonable timeouts — 90-180s for simple reports, 300s for complex ones

Channel Delivery#

Feishu (Lark) Interactive Card#

json

{
  "config": {"wide_screen_mode": true},
  "header": {
    "title": {"tag": "plain_text", "content": "📊 Daily Report — 2026-04-06"},
    "template": "blue"
  },
  "elements": [
    {"tag": "markdown", "content": "**Key Metrics**\n▸ Revenue: +12%\n▸ Users: 1.2k active"},
    {"tag": "hr"},
    {"tag": "markdown", "content": "**Highlights**\n1. Launched new feature\n2. Fixed critical bug"},
    {"tag": "hr"},
    {"tag": "markdown", "content": "**Tomorrow**\n▸ Ship v2.1\n▸ Team standup at 10am"}
  ]
}

Use the message tool: action=send, channel=feishu, target=chat:<chat_id>, card=<json>

Plain Text (any channel)#

Use the message tool with a message parameter for simple text delivery.

Document Export#

• Use feishu_create_doc to create persistent documents (for archives)
• Use feishu_update_doc to update existing documents

Report Quality Standards#

1. Data first — Collect real data before writing analysis
2. Concise — Daily: 300-500 words, Weekly: 800-1200 words
3. Actionable — Conclusions should drive decisions, not just describe
4. Consistent format — Same structure every time for scannability
5. No fluff — Skip filler phrases, lead with the most important info

Common Cron Schedules#

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# After market close (workdays)
0 15 * * 1-5   Asia/Shanghai   # A-share close
0 16 * * 1-5   Asia/Shanghai   # Buffer for data collection

# Evening summaries
0 20 * * 1-5   Asia/Shanghai   # Workday evening
0 22 * * *     Asia/Shanghai   # Before sleep

# Weekly reports
0 16 * * 5     Asia/Shanghai   # Friday afternoon
0 8 * * 1      Asia/Shanghai   # Monday morning

# Monthly reports
0 9 1 * *      Asia/Shanghai   # 1st of month

Advanced: Report Chains#

For complex workflows, chain multiple cron jobs:

1. Data collector (15:00) — Fetch raw data, save to file
2. Analyzer (15:10) — Read data file, generate insights
3. Publisher (15:15) — Format and deliver to channels

This prevents timeout issues with complex reports.

Examples#

Health Tracking Report#

bash

# Daily health summary at 22:00
openclaw cron add --name "Health Daily" \
  --cron "0 22 * * *" --tz "Asia/Shanghai" \
  --session isolated \
  --agent-turn "Read health/LOG.md and health/PROFILE.md. Generate a health summary covering: water intake, meals, exercise, sleep, weight trend. Deliver to user via message tool."

Market Intelligence Report#

bash

# Market briefing at 07:00
openclaw cron add --name "Market Intel" \
  --cron "0 7 * * 1-5" --tz "Asia/Shanghai" \
  --session isolated \
  --agent-turn "Search for overnight US market data, commodity prices, and key news. Format as a structured briefing card and deliver to chat:oc_xxxxxx via message tool."

Compatibility#

• Works with any OpenClaw channel (Feishu, Telegram, Discord, Slack, etc.)
• No external dependencies required
• Works in both main and isolated session targets