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The Weekly Recap That Hands Each Teammate Their Real Week

Every Friday, MARA hands each teammate an honest recap of what they actually moved — the ready list for their own weekly report. MARA preps the truth; the person still writes and confirms it. The manager gets one fair team view everyone can check.

Client: Marketing Team · Role: Automation Engineer · Year: 2026 · Stack: n8n · Slack · Asana · Google Sheets

The story

The before: Writing an honest weekly report meant rebuilding your week from memory. A manager's real read meant scrolling each person's Asana by hand — the one who comments all day looks busy, the quiet one moving work looks idle.

The turn: So MARA does it every Friday. Each person gets a recap of what they genuinely moved, ready for their own report, and the manager gets one fair view of the whole team.

How it works

  1. The Week: MARA pulls the week's tickets and reads each one's history — counting what a person actually moved and finished, not just what they touched.
  2. Score + Rank: A fixed formula filters the noise: steady progress beats chatter, each day is capped, and only tickets you truly worked make your list. No AI, same read weekly.
  3. Your Recap: Each person gets a private Slack DM of their real week. MARA hands you the honest list; you still write and confirm your own report.
  4. Team Sheet: The manager gets one fair, at-a-glance view of the whole team, and each person can check their own row is right.

Most activity trackers reward whoever's loudest — a burst of comments reads as "busy." This one credits the opposite: work that genuinely moved forward, so the person quietly shipping outranks the one just talking about it.

What changed

what did I actually move this week? who's busy, and who's just loud? did the quiet ones get credit?

The numbers: ~12 recaps — one honest read each, every Friday.

Fair questions

will it reward whoever comments the most?

No — comments aren't the signal. It counts real movement on a ticket: moved forward, finished, and caps each day. Chatter still gets an honest read. (from the build)

what if my recap misses something?

It's a starting point — you write your own report from it and can fix your row on the team sheet. Some work, a file drop or a due-date tweak, doesn't register, so it's honest, not perfect. (from the honest limit)

does the quiet person get shamed?

Never publicly — a quiet week gets a private, kind check-in and a subtle note on the team sheet, never a call-out in front of everyone.

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