Manually copying daily updates from Slack into reports? Not anymore.
If you’re managing a team and still gathering status updates in Slack, email, or Notion, you know how messy and inconsistent those updates can get. And when it’s time to organize them into something structured, like a formal report, it quickly becomes a time-consuming, error-prone job.
We faced the same challenge at Enlivy. Before launching our Reports feature, our team posted their daily progress in Slack. Dozens of updates were shared every week, full of valuable information, but completely unstructured.
Once our Reports system went live, we didn’t want to lose that history. We needed a way to bring those past updates into the app as official, structured reports. But we didn’t want to spend hours retyping them.
That’s where the AI Agent stepped in.
The Challenge: Unstructured Data Trapped in Slack
Our team used to write updates like this in a shared channel:
Status – July 7 2025
- Productivity: 4
- Work Complexity: 3
- What I worked on:
- Sent invoices
- Updated user permissions
- Fixed onboarding bug
Hours:- 09:00–12:00 (3h)
- 13:00–16:30 (3h30min)
- Total: 6h30min
We had no way to filter these updates, analyze work patterns, or export them when needed. And transcribing this into a proper report every day would take too long.
Helpful? Yes.
Reusable? Not really.
The AI Agent: Turning Raw Text Into Clean Reports
With Enlivy’s AI Agent, we didn’t need to manually fill anything. We just pasted the original Slack message, and the agent handled the rest:
- It analyzed the free-form text
- It rewrote it in a clear, structured format
- It mapped each piece of data to the right report field, based on our predefined schema
- It even calculated time totals, formatted entries, and filled conditional fields when needed
All we had to do was review and submit. It took less than a couple minutes, and it worked for every team member’s update.
Why It Works: Built on Report Schemas
Enlivy’s reporting system is powered by flexible Report Schemas, blueprints that define:
- What questions appear in a report (e.g. “How complex was your work today?”)
- The input type for each field (rating, text, timesheet, etc.)
- Who should fill it out (based on user roles)
- How often the report should be created (daily, weekly, on-demand)
Once your schema is set, Enlivy automatically generates the right reports for the right people, and the AI Agent knows exactly how to populate them.
It doesn’t just copy and paste, it understands what each answer means and where it belongs.
For example:
- “Productivity: 4” gets matched to the productivity rating field
- “Fixed onboarding bug” goes into the “What did you work on today?” text area
- Time entries like “09:00–12:00” get parsed and totaled in a structured timesheet
It even supports conditional logic, so if a report asks, “Do you know what you’ll work on tomorrow?” and the AI detects a “Yes,” it will automatically trigger and fill the follow-up question.
Example of Report from Slack to Enlivy
Real Benefits for Real Teams
Implementing this workflow saved us hours of manual labor, and made it possible to import weeks of historical data with almost no effort.
Here’s what the AI Agent helped us do:
- Backfill past reports from Slack without rewriting a word
- Standardize updates across team members and time periods
- Eliminate repetitive copy-paste work
- Reduce errors caused by manual entry
- Preserve team history that would’ve otherwise been lost
And this workflow works just as well with:
- Email summaries
- Notion docs
- Voice transcriptions
- Anywhere else people write work updates in plain text
Ready to Simplify Your Reporting?
If your team is still reporting in chat tools, switching to Enlivy Reports + AI Agent will give you:
- Clean, consistent, structured reports
- Fully customizable schemas
- Zero need to chase down updates
- One-click AI-powered formatting
You can get started in minutes.
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The AI Agent didn’t just help us backfill data, it changed how we think about reporting.
Instead of asking people to rewrite their updates to fit a format, we let the AI do the formatting for them. It’s faster, smarter, and more scalable, especially as your team grows or your workflows evolve.
Whether you’re migrating from Slack, cleaning up old updates, or just looking to simplify your current process, Enlivy’s AI Agent is the assistant you didn’t know you needed.