Digest — Team Activity Summaries

Digest generates structured summaries of internal team knowledge activity — sessions, bookmarks, meeting notes, ideas, and references — over a configurable time window. Unlike /radar, which surfaces external feed signals, Digest focuses on what the team itself has captured.

When to Use

Weekly or periodic team activity reviews (/digest)
Tracking knowledge growth across the team (/digest --days 14)
Scoping activity to a specific project (/digest --project distillery)
Storing the summary as a knowledge entry (/digest --store)
"What did the team capture this week", "team digest", "activity summary"

Process

Step 1: Check MCP

See CONVENTIONS.md — skip if already confirmed this conversation.

Step 2: Parse Arguments

Flag	Description
`--days N`	Look back N days for activity (default: 7)
`--project <name>`	Scope results to a specific project
`--store`	Store the digest as a knowledge entry (default: display-only)

Compute date_from as today's date minus N days in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).

Step 3: Retrieve Internal Entries

Retrieve internal team entries, explicitly excluding feed, github, and digest types.

3a. Fetch entries:

distillery_list(
    entry_type=["session", "bookmark", "minutes", "idea", "reference"],
    limit=100,
    date_from=<date_from>,
    output_mode="full",
    # project=<name>  # only if --project specified
)

If --project was specified, pass project=<name> to scope results.

Note the total_count field from the response. Report: Summarizing <len(entries)> of <total_count> entries from the last <N> days.

If no entries found, display:

No internal entries found in the last <N> days.

Suggestions:
- Capture session knowledge with /distill
- Record a meeting with /minutes
- Save a bookmark with /bookmark

Stop here if no entries exist.

3b. Fetch per-author activity counts:

distillery_list(
    group_by="author",
    date_from=<date_from>,
    # project=<name>  # only if --project specified
)

3c. Fetch entry type distribution:

distillery_list(
    group_by="entry_type",
    date_from=<date_from>,
    # project=<name>  # only if --project specified
)

Step 4: Synthesize Digest

You (the executing Claude instance) produce the synthesis. Do not dump raw entries.

Per-Author Activity:

For each author with entries, summarize their contributions: how many of each type, notable topics from tag analysis, and any decisions or action items surfaced from their minutes or session entries.

Top Topics:

Aggregate tags across all entries. Identify the top 5–10 tags by frequency. Present as a ranked list with entry count per topic.

Key Decisions:

Scan minutes and session entries for decision-related keywords: "decided", "decision", "agreed", "resolved", "chosen", "approved", "will use", "going with". Extract and list the most significant decisions with their source entry type and author.

Entry Counts:

Tabulate entries by type using the distillery_list(group_by=...) responses from Steps 3b and 3c. Show counts per type and per author in compact tables.

Step 5: Check for Duplicates (if --store specified)

If --store was not specified, skip to Step 7.

Call distillery_find_similar(content="<digest summary text>", dedup_action=True). Handle by action field per CONVENTIONS.md:

"create": No similar entries. Proceed to Step 6.

"skip": Near-exact duplicate. Show similarity table and offer: (1) Store anyway, (2) Skip.

"merge": Very similar entry exists. Show similarity table and offer: (1) Store anyway, (2) Merge with existing, (3) Skip.

For merge: combine new digest with the most similar entry's content, call distillery_update with the entry ID and merged content, confirm and stop.

"link": Related but distinct. Show similarity table, note new entry will be linked. Ask to proceed or skip. If proceeding, include "related_entries": ["<id1>", ...] in metadata at Step 6.

Similar entries found:

| Entry ID | Similarity | Preview |
|----------|-----------|---------|
| <id>     | <score%>  | <content_preview> |

On skip in any case: "Skipped. No new entry was stored." and stop.

Step 6: Store Digest (if --store specified)

Determine author & project per CONVENTIONS.md. Compute period_start and period_end as ISO 8601 dates.

distillery_store(
    content="<full digest markdown>",
    entry_type="digest",
    author="<author>",
    project="<project>",
    tags=["digest", "team-activity", "internal"],
    metadata={
        "period_start": "<YYYY-MM-DD>",
        "period_end": "<YYYY-MM-DD>",
        "entry_count": <N>,
        "authors": ["<author1>", ...],
        "sources": ["session", "bookmark", "minutes", "idea", "reference"]
    }
)

On MCP errors, see CONVENTIONS.md error handling — display and stop.

Step 7: Confirm

Display the digest. If --store was specified, append the standard confirmation:

[digest] Stored: <entry_id>
Project: <project> | Author: <author>
Summary: <first 200 chars of digest>...
Tags: digest, team-activity, internal

Omit the stored block if --store was not specified.

Output Format

# Team Digest — <YYYY-MM-DD> (last <N> days)

Summarizing <M> of <total> entries from the last <N> days.

---

## Per-Author Activity

### <Author Name> — <N> entries

- **Sessions (<N>):** <brief summary of themes>
- **Minutes (<N>):** <topics covered>
- **Bookmarks (<N>):** <subject areas>

---

## Top Topics

| # | Tag | Entries |
|---|-----|---------|
| 1 | <tag> | <N> |
| 2 | <tag> | <N> |

---

## Key Decisions

- **<Decision summary>** — <author>, <entry_type>, <date>
- **<Decision summary>** — <author>, <entry_type>, <date>

---

## Entry Counts

### By Type

| Type | Count |
|------|-------|
| session | <N> |
| minutes | <N> |
| bookmark | <N> |
| idea | <N> |
| reference | <N> |

### By Author

| Author | Count |
|--------|-------|
| <name> | <N> |

---

[digest] Stored: <entry_id>
Project: <project> | Author: <author>
Summary: <first 200 chars>...
Tags: digest, team-activity, internal

Rules

NEVER use Bash, Python, or any tool not listed in allowed-tools
If a required MCP tool call fails, report the error to the user and STOP. Do not attempt workarounds. Exceptions that are explicitly non-fatal are listed below (e.g. distillery_list(group_by=...) grouped-breakdown failures): for those, omit the affected section and continue.
Default lookback is 7 days — respect --days override
Only include session, bookmark, minutes, idea, reference entry types — never feed, github, or digest
Display digest by default; store only with --store flag
Always include digest, team-activity, internal tags when storing
Always use entry_type="digest" for store calls
Metadata must include period_start and period_end as ISO 8601 dates
Report "Summarizing N of M entries" using total_count from distillery_list
Key Decisions section: only include entries with explicit decision language; omit section if none found
Omit empty per-author sections (authors with zero entries in window)
Follow shared dedup pattern from CONVENTIONS.md (create/skip/merge/link outcomes) when --store is specified
On MCP errors, see CONVENTIONS.md error handling — display and stop
No retry loops — report errors and stop
distillery_list(group_by=...) failures are non-fatal — omit the affected breakdown section and continue