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AI Report Narratives
Your recurring report gets the written commentary that explains the numbers, in your own voice, without you drafting it.
Writing the commentary for a monthly or weekly report takes hours, and it usually falls on someone senior. This build reads the numbers in your recurring report and drafts the written commentary that explains them, in your own voice. Each draft references the figures it is based on and is ready for review before the report goes out. You approve before anything is sent.
- Report commentary drafted in your voice every cycle
- Every statement references the figures it is based on
- Drafts are ready for review before the report goes out
$3,400
20–30 working days
Optional maintenance $249/mo
What it is
AI Report Narratives reads the numbers in your recurring report and writes the prose commentary that explains them, in your brand voice, then delivers it to the destination you choose. Drafts are ready for review before each report goes out.
Why businesses buy it
Recurring reports are only as useful as the explanation that comes with them, and writing it is slow, repetitive work. When time is short, the commentary gets thin or late. This build drafts it automatically from the numbers, in your tone, so a reviewer edits instead of writing from scratch. Readers get a clear story every cycle. The written scope sets the destination, formats, reference examples and the sample outputs you approve before you order.
Problems this solves
Writing commentary for each recurring report eats into analysis time
The pipeline reads the numbers in your recurring report and drafts the prose that explains them. Your team reviews a ready draft instead of writing from a blank page.
Report commentary changes tone depending on who writes it
Drafts follow your brand profile and up to twenty reference examples you supply. The voice stays consistent from one report to the next, whoever reviews it.
Readers skim the charts and miss what the numbers mean
Each report gets written commentary in up to three output formats. It is delivered to one destination you choose, such as your drive, CMS or an inbox.
A good fit if
You already produce a recurring report, such as a monthly sales pack or a weekly ecommerce summary, and someone writes the commentary by hand each time.
You have brand guidelines or reference examples of the tone you want the commentary written in.
You want the narrative delivered straight to a destination such as your CMS, a shared drive, your store or an inbox.
You are comfortable approving sample outputs before the narratives run unattended.
Not the right fit if
You want the underlying data pulled and analyzed, not just the commentary written. See AI Data Analyst Agent, which answers data questions directly.
You need the numbers monitored and explained as they move, not written up on a schedule. See AI KPI Monitor, which watches defined KPIs continuously.
You want open-ended survey responses turned into themes rather than a report narrated. See AI Survey Analysis.
You need more than 3 output formats or more than 1 destination system. Add a note at checkout, or start from our Custom AI enquiry form.
How it works
- You give us the recurring report's numbers and layout, plus 10 to 20 reference examples of the tone you want.
- We build a generation pipeline that reads the latest numbers and drafts the narrative in up to 3 output formats, such as a summary paragraph, bullet highlights and a headline stat.
- The first 25 sample outputs are reviewed and approved by the person you name before anything goes live.
- Once approved, the narrative is delivered automatically to your chosen destination, such as your CMS, drive, store or inbox, each time the report runs.
- If a number moves outside the pattern the examples covered, the draft flags it for a human check rather than guessing at the reason.
- You get two rounds of changes to the tone or structure before the 30-day support window closes.
What you provide within 72 hours
Your portal lists these the moment you order. Delivery starts the working day after everything is in and your access is checked.
- Your brand guidelines and tone-of-voice examples, so the narrative sounds like your team wrote it.
- 10 to 20 reference examples of commentary you already like.
- Access to the destination you want narratives delivered to, such as your CMS, store or drive.
- The list of reports or topics to start with.
- The name of the person who approves outputs before they go live.
- Admin access and API keys for every connected system, shared by adding our team as a user or creating a key you control, never by email.
- One decision-maker who can sign off on the approved tone and structure.
- An API key for your own AI model account (for example OpenAI or Google Gemini), created for this build with a spending limit.
The 72-hour rule. Send everything on your checklist, including access, within 72 hours of ordering so your build starts on time.
Timeline
Start
Intake confirmed and reference examples and destination agreed.
Weeks 1–2
Generation pipeline built to read your report's numbers and draft narratives.
Week 3
Delivery to your destination system configured.
Weeks 3–4
25 sample outputs generated for your review and approval.
Week 4
Your feedback applied across two rounds of changes.
Go-live
Live, handover report sent, 30 days of support starts.
| Option | Delivery time | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 20–30 working days | $3,400 |
| Express | 15–25 working days | $4,100 |
| Rush | 10–20 working days | $4,750 |
What you receive at handover
- The AI report narratives pipeline, configured and running, with up to three output formats
- Prompt and guardrail configuration built on your brand profile and up to twenty reference examples
- A connection to one destination, such as a CMS, drive, store or inbox
- Twenty-five sample outputs, reviewed and approved by you during testing
- An admin guide and the written handover report
- 30 days of post-launch support
Expected benefits and how to measure them
- Can shorten the time between numbers landing and the report going out
- Helps commentary read the same way every period
- Makes reports easier for non-specialists to follow
- Time to write commentary
- Time the commentary on the last two reports before launch. Compare with review time on drafts after launch.
- Edits per draft
- Have reviewers note how much each draft needed changing, and track the trend each period.
- Report send date
- Compare the gap between period end and report send, before and after launch.
Before you start: Record how long commentary takes per report and when reports usually go out. Keep two recent reports as reference examples.
These are things to track, not promised results. Outcomes depend on your data, your team and your market.
Running costs
The build itself is a one-time payment, shown before you buy. Running the pipeline costs roughly $20 to $150 a month in your own accounts in AI model or media-generation usage, depending on how often the report runs and how many formats you generate.
AI usage during the build and testing is billed to your own accounts too, so you keep the provider relationship.
Ask about running costsCustom requirements
If you need a second destination system or more than 3 output formats, add a note at checkout for a written Change Quote. Your order still runs on its original delivery date. Larger or bespoke projects go through the Custom AI request form instead.
Request a custom versionKeep it running
Monthly maintenance covers monitoring, fixes and a monthly allowance of change hours for tone tweaks and new reference examples. Bigger changes, such as new report sections or formats, go through a Change Quote. It starts after the included support period and can be cancelled any month.
$249/mo (the minimum fee, includes 2 change hours)
Optional. Starts after the post-launch support period. Cancel any month.
How maintenance worksHow this compares
| Do it yourself with a SaaS tool | Hire a custom agency | Upmark Labs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | A writing tool charges a monthly subscription per seat, written or not | A copywriting agency bills per report or per word | Ours is one fixed price, shown before you buy |
| Delivery | A writing tool is instant to sign up but slow to learn your report format | An agency usually books in weeks out | Ours has a fixed delivery time shown before you buy, with faster options |
| Approval | A writing tool publishes whatever you type, unchecked | An agency drafts, then waits on your edits | Ours reviews 25 sample outputs with you before anything runs live |
| Delivery | A writing tool exports text for you to paste in yourself | An agency emails a document | Ours has a fixed delivery time shown before you buy, with faster options |
Questions about this product
What does the AI Report Narratives price include?
One fixed price, agreed before work starts, covers one destination system, your brand profile plus up to 20 reference examples, up to three output formats and 25 sample outputs for you to approve. Faster delivery options are shown in the price panel before you order, and there are no other build fees.
How does AI Report Narratives learn our tone of voice?
From the brand guidelines and 10 to 20 reference examples you provide during intake. The pipeline is built around those examples and tested on 25 sample outputs, which the person you name reviews and approves before anything is delivered automatically.
How long does AI Report Narratives take to launch?
The standard, Express and Rush delivery times are all shown in the price panel before you order, and the clock starts once your intake is complete. Delays only happen when brand guidelines or destination access arrive late, which moves delivery by three working days per day of delay.
What happens if a number in the report looks unusual?
The draft flags it for a human check instead of writing a confident explanation on a guess. Narratives are grounded in the numbers and the approved reference examples, so anything that falls outside that pattern is held back rather than published.
How much does AI Report Narratives cost to run each month?
Roughly $20 to $150 a month in your own accounts, in AI model or media-generation usage. The figure depends on how often your report runs and how many output formats are generated each time. You pay these providers directly, with no extra markup added by us.
Can AI Report Narratives cover a second report later?
Yes, as an add-on. A second destination system or report is quoted through a written Change Quote. A new topic list for the same pipeline fits inside the monthly change hours of maintenance instead, once the first one is live.
Who owns the narratives AI Report Narratives produces?
You do. The generation pipeline, the reference examples and every narrative it writes belong to you, delivered into your own destination system. If maintenance lapses, the pipeline keeps running; you lose the monthly monitoring and included change hours. While active, those hours cover tone tweaks and new reference examples, and bigger changes get a Change Quote.
How does AI Report Narratives fit with the other reporting products?
It is the commentary layer. AI Report Automation gathers figures from your systems into one formatted report. AI Report Narratives writes the commentary for a report you already produce. AI Weekly Business Review builds the weekly operating document with owners and open items. AI Financial Reporting produces the finance pack for leadership. The Executive Reporting Pack add-on adds a leadership summary to an existing Upmark Labs product.
Stop writing the same commentary by hand every reporting cycle.
Order AI Report Narratives and your recurring report gets its commentary drafted automatically. The scope above is what you get, in writing, before you pay.
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