Daily Log Synthesizer
Daily Log Synthesizer is the end-of-day engine that composes a structured daily report from what the project already recorded. It reads the day's voice notes, photos, deliveries, RFIs, in-progress schedule activities and submitted change orders, and writes work performed, manpower, deliveries, safety observations, issues, weather and follow-ups.
What is the Daily Log Synthesizer?
Daily Log Synthesizer is the end-of-day engine that turns the day's raw signal into a structured daily report. It reads today's voice recordings, photos, procurement deliveries logged, RFIs created or answered, schedule activities in progress, and submitted change orders — then composes a daily report with the standard sections every owner expects: work performed by location, manpower by trade, deliveries received, safety observations, issues, weather notes, and tomorrow's follow-ups.
Nothing new to set up — the engine reuses daily log entries, voice notes, and photos. The PM doesn't have to re-enter anything that's already in the trackers. Just trigger the engine at end-of-day and review the draft.
When should I use the Daily Log Synthesizer?
Use Daily Log Synthesizer at the end of every working day, to backfill a week of reports on a Friday, after a busy site visit to turn voice notes and photos into the formal log, or before the weekly owner report.
- End of every working day — the standard cadence.
- Friday catch-up — backfill a week of daily reports from the trackers if you fell behind.
- After a busy site visit — turn the voice notes and photos you captured into the formal log.
- Before sending the weekly owner report — daily reports are the source data.
If the engine surfaces weather delays, manpower shortfalls, or rework, chain into Schedule Risk to model whether the day's events ate into critical-path float.
What do I upload to the Daily Log Synthesizer?
Nothing — this is an aggregation engine. It reads voice notes, photos, purchase orders (deliveries), RFIs, schedule items (activities marked in progress today), and change orders for the active project on the target date.
What it needs is a populated day: voice notes captured during walks, photos uploaded with location tags, deliveries logged when they arrived, schedule activities marked in-progress, RFIs filed as they came up. The engine is only as good as the day's source data.
How do I run the Daily Log Synthesizer?
To run Daily Log Synthesizer, open it, confirm the target date, review the source preview, run the synthesis, walk the sections, edit the log in the Daily Log if needed, and export it as a PDF.
Open the engine
Sidebar → Engines → Daily Log Synthesizer.
Confirm the target date
Pick the date the log is for. Use an earlier date to backfill prior days.
Review the source preview
Banner lists everything the engine will read: N voice notes, M photos, K deliveries, J RFIs, X schedule activities. If anything's missing, add it before running.
Run synthesis
20–30 seconds.
Walk the sections
Work performed, manpower, deliveries, safety, issues, weather, follow-ups — each populated from the day's source data with quotes from voice notes.
Edit if needed
Click Edit before sending to open the Daily Log, where you can change or add entries for the date.
Export
Click Export PDF (top right or in the Ready for sign-off box). It exports the PDF only: you send it to the owner yourself.
How do I read the Daily Log Synthesizer results?
The result is a daily report with work performed, manpower by trade, deliveries, safety observations, and issues and follow-ups.
Grouped by location and trade. Each entry sourced from a voice note, a photo caption, or a schedule activity marked in-progress.
Trade-by-trade count for the day. Sourced from the manpower log; if not logged, the engine infers from voice notes and flags the inference.
Materials received today with the PO reference, supplier, and any condition notes. Pulled from purchase orders.
Near-misses, incidents, or noteworthy positive observations. Sourced from voice notes and photo captions tagged with safety.
Open items needing attention tomorrow. Source: RFIs filed today, voice notes flagged as questions, photos tagged with issues. Each item carries its source link.
Every control, explained
Run synthesisConsumes one run. 20–30 seconds.
Target dateThe date the log is for. Use an earlier date to backfill prior days.
Edit before sendingOpens the Daily Log for the date. The synthesized report itself is not edited on this screen.
View raw uploads / Open Daily LogOpens the Daily Log tracker.
Export PDF / Export PDF to sendExports the formatted daily report as a PDF for owner distribution and project records. Nothing is e-mailed for you.