Schedule the Monday Report With an OpenAI dots Plugin for Analytics Reporting

Scheduling an OpenAI dots plugin for analytics reporting turns the Monday traffic question into a recurring task, and the Flowsery calls are the easy half. Every call a weekly report needs is a read. The action a dot treats as consequential comes last: posting the result where your team reads it. Setup, the developer mode URL and the OAuth sign-in live in the OpenAI dots plugin for web analytics guide; this post starts at the report.

The short version: save a recurring task that calls GET /overview for two named weeks, GET /timeseries by day and GET /breakdown?dimension=channel when something moved, then drafts the Slack message and waits. Six reads, zero writes, one send.

How does a dot run a report every week?

A dot runs a weekly report as a recurring task, which OpenAI's dots docs describe as a saved schedule. You "specify a time or a supported event that should trigger work", and the dot can pause and wake itself to continue. Event triggers work only "when a connected service supports event monitoring", and OpenAI announced MCP events for plugin automations at DevDay on 29 September 2026.

Flowsery's MCP documentation describes no event monitoring as of 29 September 2026, so schedule the report by time. Write the day, the hour and the timezone into the task itself, because the dot turns "last week" into dates before it calls anything, and OpenAI does not say which clock it uses.

Which Flowsery calls does a weekly report need?

A weekly Flowsery report needs six calls, all GET, and the order matters more than the count. GET /websites runs once to fetch the IDs. GET /overview runs twice, once per week. GET /timeseries with interval=day turns the delta into a shape, so one bad Tuesday stops reading as a trend. GET /breakdown?dimension=channel runs for both weeks, and only when the headline moved.

Two Flowsery details shape the calls. An OAuth sign-in reaches every workspace your account belongs to, and a call that names no workspace lands in your default one, so name the workspace in the task. And startAt and endAt without a timezone bucket against the website's own timezone in Flowsery, which is not always yours. Put the timezone in the task and "last week" means the seven days on your calendar.

Does the ChatGPT Pro read-only limit matter for reporting?

The ChatGPT Pro limit does not touch a reporting dot, because every call in the report is a read. OpenAI's August help article says full MCP is available only to Business and Enterprise/Edu, and that "Pro users can connect MCPs with read/fetch permissions in developer mode." A report built from GET /overview, GET /timeseries and GET /breakdown never asks for anything else.

That makes ChatGPT Pro the cheapest seat that runs this report in full, where dots on Pro are available: outside the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, for users over 18. Business Premium covers all supported ChatGPT regions. One question stays open on every plan: OpenAI has not documented whether a dot uses a plugin added in developer mode, so run the read-only test from the pillar before you save the schedule.

Can a dot post the report into Slack?

OpenAI's launch post says you can message your dot in Slack and Teams, and its dots docs name Slack among the apps in their examples. OpenAI has not documented whether a recurring task delivers its output into a Slack channel unprompted, as of 29 September 2026. Test it before your team relies on it.

The permission question is sharper than the channel question. OpenAI's safety post says "To send a message or share a file, they are taught to seek authorization", and the dots docs add that "Asking your dot to draft replies doesn't give it permission to send them." A report due at 09:00 while you sleep needs a Custom Rule that allows the send, or it waits for you.

Run the first four Mondays on "Ask before taking action" and read each draft before it goes out. Once the drafts stop surprising you, pre-approve the Monday post and leave everything else where it was. Channels outside Slack are thinner at launch: OpenAI's admin guide calls Microsoft Teams access an invite-only alpha, texting is a limited beta for Pro users in the US, and a dot cannot start a call to you.

What should the recurring task say?

The recurring task needs to name the dates, the timezone, the workspace, the threshold and the delivery, because every one of them left out is a decision the dot makes silently. Paste this and change the names:

Every Monday at 08:00 Europe/Berlin, run the Flowsery weekly report.
 
Use the Flowsery plugin, never the browser. Call the API on every run.
Never quote a number from memory or from an earlier report.
Workspace: Acme. Website: acme.com.
 
1. Overview for last Monday to Sunday and for the week before, timezone
   Europe/Berlin: visitors, sessions, bounce rate, revenue, conversion rate.
2. Timeseries for last week, interval=day.
3. If sessions or revenue moved more than 10%, break down both weeks by
   channel and name the channel that moved.
4. Numbers first. No recommendations. If nothing moved, say so and stop.
5. Draft the message for #analytics in Slack and wait for my approval.

The memory line matters more on a dot than on other agents. OpenAI says a dot creates its own memories, including from connected apps, and that you cannot view or edit them. A dot that remembers last week's revenue has a reason to skip a call. Tell it not to.

"No recommendations" earns its place for the reason the Grok bot template for analytics reporting gives: an agent with read access to traffic and none to your roadmap writes advice built on traffic alone.

What breaks on a scheduled dot report?

Five things break a scheduled report, and none of them is authentication, which works on the first call or fails loudly.

Flowsery's side stays quiet on a six-call report. The API allows 600 requests a minute per key and sends Retry-After with any 429, so a weekly run never gets near the limit unless the dot retries a failing call in a loop.

Should I use a dot, Muse or a Grok bot for the weekly report?

Pick by where the report has to land, because all three read the same Flowsery API and every call in the report is a GET. The Grok bot template installs from a share link with the routine already written. The Meta Muse connector for analytics reporting builds its own client from the public spec. A dot signs in to Flowsery's MCP server with OAuth and reaches your team in Slack, with a send rule you control. The report itself mirrors Flowsery's website analytics reporting view.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the weekly report count toward my ChatGPT usage limits?

OpenAI says conversations with your dot don't count toward ChatGPT usage limits, while tasks it starts in Codex or ChatGPT Work do. The plan includes an allowance for deeper work, with extended limits in the first month. OpenAI publishes no per-task cap, so watch the first month's runs.

Can a dot send the report when traffic drops, instead of every Monday?

Not through an event trigger yet. OpenAI's event triggers need a connected service that supports event monitoring, and Flowsery's MCP docs describe none as of 29 September 2026. Run a daily task that stays silent unless sessions move past your threshold.

Can the reporting dot change my Flowsery data?

No call in the report writes. On ChatGPT Pro, OpenAI's August help article limits custom MCP to read/fetch, and on any plan a Flowsery Viewer sign-in gets a 403 permission_denied on every write. Flowsery's writes cover goals, payments and issue status, and the report touches none of them.

Why does the report cover the wrong seven days?

The call carried no timezone, so Flowsery bucketed startAt and endAt against the website's own timezone. Name the timezone and give literal dates such as "Monday to Sunday" in the task text. Compare the two weeks' date ranges in the first report.

Can the report go to Microsoft Teams instead of Slack?

OpenAI's launch post lists Teams, and its admin guide says Microsoft Teams access is an invite-only alpha as of 29 September 2026. Plan on Slack or the ChatGPT app for now. The same send rule applies to any channel.

Which Flowsery plan does a reporting dot need?

Either one. The API is on both Flowsery plans: Team at $250 a month and Pro at $500, each with a 14-day free trial that needs no card. The ChatGPT side is separate: your first dot comes with ChatGPT Pro or Business Premium.

Should the dot post to Slack without asking me first?

Not at the start. Run the first four Mondays on "Ask before taking action" and read each draft before it goes out. Once the drafts stop surprising you, pre-approve the Monday post and leave every other action where it was.

How do I stop the dot from quoting last week's numbers?

Tell it in the task to call the API on every run and never quote a number from memory. OpenAI says a dot creates its own memories, including from connected apps, and you cannot view or edit them. A figure that matches last week exactly is the sign it skipped the call.

Will a weekly report hit the Flowsery API rate limit?

It will not. The API allows 600 requests a minute per key and sends Retry-After with any 429. A six-call report only gets near that if the dot retries a failing call in a loop.

Should the weekly report include recommendations?

Leave them out. An agent with read access to traffic and none to your roadmap writes advice built on traffic alone. Ask for numbers first, and tell the dot to say so and stop if nothing moved.

Start a Flowsery trial and schedule the first report, or read the API reference first.

Sources: Introducing dots, How we build safety, security and privacy into dots, the DevDay 2026 recap, OpenAI help on getting started, the dots user docs, the dots admin guide, OpenAI's MCP help article (updated August 2026), the Flowsery API reference and the Flowsery OpenAPI spec. Checked 29 September 2026.