# Use an AI report generator, then keep the evidence and each update > Give your AI app the reporting period, actual figures and source notes, then ask for results, open questions and next actions. Save the report and its numbers in 1folder. For the next week, ask a connected app to update the same files; 1folder keeps the versions but does not generate or schedule reports. *Picture: Weekly update, a page saved by ChatGPT: Week: 9–15 November 2026 · UTC; Sign-ups: 1,390, up 150 from last week; Change: +12.1% using the same definition; Unknown: whether the launch caused the increase; Next: Ravi to check source counts by Friday. Weekly numbers, a table saved by Claude (Week starting, Sign-ups, Source): 2 Nov 2026, 1,240, Weekly export, row 2; 9 Nov 2026, 1,390, Weekly export, row 3; Change, +150, +12.1% rounded.* A weekly update and the two source counts behind it. The example increase is 150 sign-ups, or 12.1% rounded, with the cause left open. ## What you end up with - **Weekly update** (a page, saved by ChatGPT): An example weekly update: what was measured, kept apart from why it might have happened. - **Weekly numbers** (a table, saved by Claude): The numbers behind it, each with its week and where it came from. A short definitions page says what counts as a sign-up. ## Start an AI weekly report with the reporting rules Say who reads the report, what they need to decide and exactly which dates it covers. Give the figures with their units and where they came from. A report that compares a full week with three days can look tidy and still mislead. ChatGPT reads uploaded spreadsheets and documents. For a weekly update, give it the export and your notes rather than asking it to guess what happened. A shape that works: results, what changed since last week, open questions, and actions with a name and a date. For a research report, ChatGPT deep research writes a report with citations and lets you download it as PDF, Word or Markdown. If a finished copy is all you need, that download is enough. 1folder adds a file you keep revising, next to the evidence. ## A number is not an explanation In the example, sign-ups rise from 1,240 to 1,390: up 150, or about 12.1%. That doesn’t say whether a launch, a campaign or a change in counting caused it. Ask the app to put possible causes under open questions. Label missing data as missing. A corrected export comes with a note on what changed. Keep the definition of a sign-up beside the table, especially if you leave out test accounts or duplicates, and point any AI app that reviews the report to it. ## Make the next weekly update from the same files 1. **Save the source figures and definitions.** Make a Reports folder with the source export, the numbers table and a short page that defines each number. Add https://1folderapp.com/mcp as a custom connector in [Claude](https://1folderapp.com/integrations/claude-connectors.md), or in [ChatGPT](https://1folderapp.com/integrations/chatgpt-connectors.md) on Business, Enterprise or Edu, and allow that folder. *Picture: 1folder’s Allow page: “Claude wants to use your 1folder”, with Only the folders I pick in Reports and View and edit chosen, then Allow.* 2. **Ask for a report from those sources.** Give the app the dates, the readers and the comparisons you need. Ask it to save a short report with a source for each figure. Open the link and check the sums. *Picture: In ChatGPT, you type: “Write this week’s report from Weekly numbers. Save results, unknowns and next actions.” ChatGPT saves Weekly update (a page saved by ChatGPT) to 1folder.* 3. **Update it when the next week arrives.** Each week, give the app the new export and ask it to read last week’s report before updating it. Nothing runs by itself on Monday morning: you ask, it saves. *Picture: The versions of Weekly update: Week ending 15 November (Claude, This week); Week ending 8 November (ChatGPT, Last week).* 4. **Choose a current link or a dated edition.** People who follow the report keep one private link that always shows the latest version. When you need a record of what went out, save a dated copy or download a [PDF file](https://1folderapp.com/how-to/chatgpt-to-pdf.md). ## Requests for a ChatGPT weekly report you can check - In ChatGPT: “Use this weekly export to write a report for 9–15 November 2026, UTC. Compare 1,390 sign-ups with 1,240 last week. Separate observed results, possible explanations and next actions. Save Weekly update to 1folder.” - In Claude: “Read Weekly numbers and the definitions page in 1folder. Check the week boundaries and calculate absolute and percentage changes. Flag missing figures rather than treating them as zero.” - In ChatGPT: “Read the current report in 1folder and these corrected figures. Revise the same report and table. Explain which earlier conclusion changes and keep the source reference for the correction.” - In Claude: “Read the reviewed current report in 1folder and save a separate page called Weekly update — 15 November 2026 for the weekly record. Keep the current report as the file for next week’s update.” ## Questions ### Does 1folder generate an AI weekly update for me? No. There is no AI inside 1folder. Your AI app writes the update from what you give it; 1folder keeps the report, the sources and the versions. It doesn’t run on a schedule or fetch new figures. ### Can the team keep using the same report link? Yes. A file’s link always opens the latest version. People you invite sign in to see it, or you can turn on a public link anyone can read. ### What if last week’s figure was wrong? Give the app the correction and its source, and ask it to update the table and the sentences that used the old number. The versions show the earlier figure and which app changed it. ### Can I export the report and the numbers? Yes. Download the report as PDF, Word or Markdown and the table as an [Excel file](https://1folderapp.com/how-to/chatgpt-table-to-excel.md) or CSV. A download is a copy; it doesn’t change when the file does. ### Does deep research save directly through a connected app? No. OpenAI says deep research reads from connected apps but doesn’t write to them. When the research is done, ask in an ordinary chat to save the report, or upload it yourself. ## Sources - [OpenAI Help Center: Uploading files and audio to ChatGPT](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8555545-uploading-files-and-audio-to-chatgpt) - [OpenAI Help Center: Deep research in ChatGPT](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10500283-deep-research-in-chatgpt) - [OpenAI Help Center: Connecting custom servers in ChatGPT](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/12584461-connecting-custom-mcp-servers-in-chatgpt) - [Claude Help Center: Get started with custom connectors](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-get-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp) Checked on November 11, 2026. ## Read next - [Write an AI business plan you can check and keep updating](https://1folderapp.com/use-cases/ai-business-plan.md): Draft a business plan with your AI app, separate evidence from assumptions, and keep the plan, figures and reviewed copies together in 1folder. - [An AI literature review you can trace back to each paper](https://1folderapp.com/use-cases/ai-literature-review.md): Use ChatGPT or Claude for a literature review you can trace: a question, an evidence table with page numbers and a draft, kept with the PDFs in 1folder. - [Use an AI schedule maker and keep one schedule every app can update](https://1folderapp.com/use-cases/ai-schedule-maker.md): Make a schedule with your AI app and keep one current file in 1folder. Ask another app to revise the same plan, preserve fixed times and compare changes. - [An AI agent workspace: shared files for every agent you use](https://1folderapp.com/use-cases/ai-agent-workspace.md): 1folder gives Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and your chat apps one shared workspace of files. Each agent gets its own access; every change is a version. [Add 1folder to your AI app, free](https://1folderapp.com/signin) · [All resources](https://1folderapp.com/resources.md) Website: https://1folderapp.com/ · Contact: hello@1folderapp.com