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Overview

The !digest command combines message export with Claude AI analysis to generate a structured daily digest. It extracts meaningful insights from your team’s Discord conversations, organized by updates, blockers, decisions, and action items.

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Command Syntax

!digest [hours]
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hours
integer
default:24
Number of hours to analyze for the digest
  • Minimum: 1 hour
  • Maximum: 720 hours (30 days)
  • Default: 24 hours (if not specified)
PrerequisitesThe !digest command requires the ANTHROPIC_API_KEY environment variable to be configured. Without it, the command will fail with:
❌ Failed to generate digest. Check the logs for details.

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What It Does

The digest command performs three operations:
  1. Export: Runs the full export process for all channels
  2. AI Analysis: Sends transcript to Claude for intelligent summarization
  3. Markdown Output: Saves formatted digest to Daily Digests/ directory

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Claude Model

The bot uses Claude Haiku 4.5 (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) for fast, cost-effective analysis: 
digest_model: str = "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001"
digest_max_tokens: int = 4096
You can customize this in the Config class (bot.py:31).

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Digest Structure

Claude analyzes the Discord transcript and extracts:

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1. Individual Updates

What each team member worked on, completed, or made progress on.

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2. Upcoming Work

Planned tasks and what team members mentioned they’re working on next.

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3. Blockers & Challenges

Obstacles, issues, bugs, or requests for help.

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4. Key Decisions & Ideas

Important discussions, architectural decisions, or ideas that shouldn’t be lost.

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5. Action Items

Specific TODOs, follow-ups, or tasks that need attention.
The bot sends this prompt to Claude:
Analyze this Discord transcript from the last 24 hours and create 
a structured daily digest for a team manager.

Focus on extracting:

1. **Individual Updates** - What each team member worked on, 
   completed, or made progress on
2. **Upcoming Work** - What team members mentioned they're 
   planning to work on next
3. **Blockers & Challenges** - Any obstacles, issues, or 
   requests for help
4. **Key Decisions & Ideas** - Important discussions, decisions 
   made, or ideas that shouldn't be lost
5. **Action Items** - Specific TODOs or follow-ups mentioned

Be concise but don't lose important technical details. 
Organize by person where possible.
If there's very little activity, just note that briefly.

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Output Format

Digests are saved as Obsidian-compatible markdown files: 
Daily Digests/YYYY-MM-DD - Team Digest.md

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Markdown Structure

---
date: 2026-03-04
type: daily-digest
tags: [team, standup, daily]
contributors: 8
messages: 147
channels: 5
---

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Example Usage

!digest
Response:
🤖 Generating digest for last 24 hours...
✅ Daily Digest Generated

## Individual Updates

**John (@john_dev)**
- Fixed critical login bug affecting mobile users
- Deployed hotfix to production

**Sarah (@sarah_pm)**
- Completed user research interviews
...

📁 Full digest: `Daily Digests/2026-03-04 - Team Digest.md`
Discord messages have a 2000 character limit. The digest preview is truncated to 1500 characters with ”…” if longer.

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Error Handling

API Key Not ConfiguredIf ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is missing:
❌ Failed to generate digest. Check the logs for details.
Check logs for: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY not set
Claude API ErrorIf the API call fails (rate limit, invalid key, network issue):
❌ Failed to generate digest. Check the logs for details.
Check logs for: Error calling Claude API: [error details]
Export FailuresIf the initial export fails, the digest cannot proceed:
❌ Export failed. Check the logs for details.

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Configuration

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Environment Variables

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-xxxxx  # Required for !digest
DOKPLOY_VOLUME_PATH=/path       # Optional: Custom digest output location
GITHUB_REPO_URL=https://...     # Optional: Auto-push to GitHub
GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxxxx          # Required if using GitHub sync

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Customizing Claude Parameters

Edit bot.py Config class: 
digest_model: str = "claude-sonnet-4-20250514"  # Use Sonnet for deeper analysis
digest_max_tokens: int = 8192                   # Longer digests
digest_preview_length: int = 2000               # Longer Discord preview

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GitHub Integration

If GITHUB_REPO_URL and GITHUB_TOKEN are configured:
  1. Bot initializes/clones the repository on startup
  2. Each digest is automatically committed and pushed: 
    Daily digest for 2026-03-04
  3. Enables version history and backup of all digests
  4. Works with Obsidian Git plugin for seamless sync
See bot.py:377-399 for GitHub commit and push implementation.

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Technical Details

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Pipeline Flow

The digest command runs through run_digest_pipeline() (bot.py:559-578):
  1. perform_export() - Export all messages to JSON
  2. generate_daily_digest() - Send to Claude for analysis
  3. save_digest() - Format and save markdown file
  4. Optional: Git commit and push

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Transcript Preparation

Bot messages are filtered out before sending to Claude: 
def filter_bot_messages(messages: list) -> list:
    """Filter out messages from bots."""
    return [m for m in messages if not m["author"]["bot"]]
See bot.py:268-284 for transcript formatting logic.