💡 New script: sheets-to-email-report (automated spreadsheet-based email reports)

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Summary

A Google Apps Script that reads data from a specified Google Sheet range, generates a formatted email report with configurable sections and basic conditional highlighting (e.g., overdue items in bold), and sends it on a user-defined schedule. Targets the common need for weekly team updates, budget summaries, project status reports, and KPI digests without requiring Zapier or manual copy-paste.

Market Signal

"Send me a weekly report of this spreadsheet" is one of the most popular Zapier workflow templates, with hundreds of thousands of active Zaps in this category. Make (Integromat) also prominently features Sheets-to-email as a starter automation. Google Workspace Studio (launched December 2025) can handle simple versions of this but lacks the formatted report generation and conditional logic that teams need. The no-code automation market is projected at $52B in 2026, with spreadsheet-based reporting as a core use case.

User Signal

The project already has calendar-to-briefing-doc generating formatted email reports from calendar data. Users who benefit from automated calendar briefings have analogous needs for spreadsheet data: project trackers, budget sheets, task lists, and KPI dashboards all benefit from scheduled email distribution. No existing script in the suite addresses the Sheets-to-email pattern, despite it being one of the most common automation requests.

Technical Opportunity

Extends the calendar-to-briefing-doc architecture directly: same emailBriefing() pattern via GmailApp, same shouldRunNow() schedule logic, same config.gs structure. SpreadsheetApp.getRange().getValues() is a well-established GAS API. The deploy page's Step 4 config UI can use the existing Sheet picker (already built for calendar-to-sheets) to select source spreadsheets. Shares test infrastructure and deployment patterns with existing scripts.

Assessment

Dimension	Score	Rationale
Feasibility	high	Proven GAS patterns, extends existing email and Sheets infrastructure directly
Impact	high	One of the most common automation workflows, replaces paid Zapier/Make templates
Urgency	low	No immediate competitive pressure or new API capability driving urgency

Adversarial Review

Strongest objection: Google Workspace Studio can now create simple Sheets-to-email automations using natural language. Why build a GAS script when Studio handles the same use case for free with less setup?

Rebuttal: Studio handles the simple case (email entire sheet) but cannot generate formatted reports with section headers, conditional highlighting, threshold alerts, or multi-range aggregation. The differentiation is in report quality: a formatted, readable email digest with context (e.g., "Budget: $12,450 of $15,000 used — 83% — 3 line items overdue") vs. a raw data dump. This is the same gap that exists between "Email this sheet" and a properly formatted report, which is why Zapier templates remain popular despite Studio's existence.

Suggested Next Step

Create a tech spec defining report template structure (title, subtitle, data ranges, conditional rules, footer), config.gs fields (source sheet ID, ranges, schedule, recipients, report title), and the formatting pipeline. Start with a single-range tabular report before adding multi-section and conditional features.