Step 01 / 06 · Setup
Setup
What this report is, who reads it, and the cover details. Sparks reads all of this before it plans or writes anything.
What is this report?
One or two sentences in your own words. This tool covers any kind of consultancy report - Sparks takes the document's type and job from what you write here, so say what it is and what it needs to do for the reader.
The document and its reader
Shown large on the cover.
When the walk-round or inspection happened. Printed on the cover and used by Sparks, so it never guesses a date.
Where the approved PDF is sent as a secure 7-day link.
Shapes the tone Sparks writes in.
Continues from a previous report
Optional - phased projects. Earlier reports appear as a "story so far" card on Rough Notes, and Sparks opens this report with a recap of the last phase. Link reports made in this tool, or upload the PDF if the earlier phase was written somewhere else.
Cover and workflow
Shown on the cover as "Prepared By".
Shown on the cover as "Reviewed By". Leave blank if none.
The date on the cover. Leave blank to stamp the day you render.
Auto-assigned on first save if left blank.
Extras
Include an overall risk rating on the cover
Off by default - turn on only if this report warrants a formal rating.
Include a findings table
Turn on if this report tracks specific defects to close out.
Step 02 / 06 · Rough Notes
Rough notes
Write freely. Bullet points, half-sentences, whatever gets the points across. Next step Sparks designs how to structure this into a report — that's where the reader-first thinking happens before any prose gets written.
Sparks proposes the report's architecture on the next step.
Step 03 / 06 · Structure
Structure
Before Sparks writes anything, they'll talk you through how they'd shape this — the opening, how they'd group what you saw, where a visual would help, how they'd land the message. Steer freely; hit "Looks good — write it" when you're happy.
Ready when you are
Sparks reads your rough notes and briefs you on how it would shape the report - sections, emphasis, where a visual earns its place. Nothing runs until you ask.
Step 04 / 06 · Structured Report
Structured report
The report body, styled as it renders in the PDF. Click anywhere to edit inline; hover a block for move / remove, or ✨ Ask to discuss that block with Sparks — single-block tweaks and whole-report changes all happen in the chat, as proposals you approve.
No blocks yet
Head to the Structure step first — talk it through with Sparks, then hit ✓ Looks good — write it. Or add blocks manually below.
Add block:
Step 05 / 06 · Exec Summary
Executive summary
The two-paragraph opener. Generate it from your body content, then edit as you like.
Reads your structured blocks and drafts an exec that fits.
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Step 06 / 06 · Preview & Submit
Preview & submit
Final checks before rendering the PDF or sending for review.
Ready to render?
Title
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Premises
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Recipient
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Doc / Rev
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Structure plan
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Body blocks
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Length
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Empty blocks
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Findings
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Risk rating
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Exec summary
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Pre-flight check
Sparks reads the whole report and checks the scope, purpose, limitations and regulatory framing are sound before it goes out.
What did I leave out?
Sparks reads your rough notes against the finished report and lists every point that never landed, with a drafted paragraph to work it in where it belongs.