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Produces the weekly 5-block client status report - done, next, blocked, decisions needed, budget/hours - in a 15-minute time cap, from a copy-paste template with [FILL] fields. Use when a freelancer or consultant says "client asked what they're paying for", "how do I keep clients updated", "write my weekly status update", "client keeps pinging me for progress", "they went quiet and I'm worried about the renewal", or "how do I show retainer value". Do NOT use for long-form consulting or research reports - use formatted-report-writer instead; this skill is the recurring one-page operating rhythm of an engagement.

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# Client Status Reporting

Clients do not churn because the work was bad; they churn because they could not see the work at all. "What am I paying for?" is never really a question - it is the announcement that invisibility has already done its damage, and by then the renewal is in doubt. The weekly status report is the cheapest retention instrument a freelancer owns: fifteen minutes that preempts check-in pings, forces decisions out of clients on a schedule, and makes the invoice feel obvious instead of debatable.

In the Freelancer / Consultant OS pack, this skill takes over from client-onboarding-system at day 14 and runs for the life of the engagement. Worked example: Maya, a freelance brand designer on a $4,900/month Brand System Retainer (up to 36 hours) with a DTC hot-sauce brand.

## Operating procedure

### Step 1: Collect the inputs (once, at setup)

1. The communication contract from client-onboarding-system: channel, recipient(s), and send day. Default: same weekday every week (Friday morning or Monday morning), in the engagement's single async channel.
2. The SOW deliverables and, for retainers, the monthly hours cap - the budget block reports against these.
3. Where hours are tracked. If they are not, start now; the budget block cannot be guessed. Label any estimated figure as an estimate.
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