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Daily Summary: AI-Powered Standups and PR Reports Without the Meeting
Automate daily standups, status reports, and PR summaries with an AI agent that tracks your git activity, reads your calendar, and delivers crisp executive summaries.
Quick Access
Install command
$ mrt install automation

TL;DR
Daily Summary skill turns your AI agent into an automated Scrum master — it reads git activity, merge requests, and ticket updates, then produces a crisp standup-ready report or executive summary.
**Bottom line:** Kill the 9am standup meeting. Your AI agent can read what everyone did, synthesize it, and deliver the same value in 30 seconds to everyone's inbox.
10-Second Pitch
- **Git-native** — Reads commits, branches, and MRs from GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket
- **Calendar-aware** — Pulls meeting context and blockers from your calendar system
- **Customizable format** — Markdown, table, or executive brief — you pick the style
- **Scheduled delivery** — Runs on cron, no trigger needed, delivers before your standup
- **Multi-repo support** — Aggregates activity across your entire org's repositories
Setup Directions
Step 1 — Connect Your Git Platform
GitHub
GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxxxx
GITHUB_ORGS=your-org,another-org
GitLab (optional)
GITLAB_TOKEN=glpat-xxxxx
Step 2 — Configure Your Channels
{
"schedule": "0 8 * * 1-5",
"format": "markdown",
"channels": ["#engineering", "slack:@manager"],
"repos": ["org/repo1", "org/repo2"],
"lookback_hours": 24
}
Step 3 — Run the Skill
Generate today's daily summary for the engineering team covering all repos in org/repo*.
Pros / Cons
| Pros | Cons |
|---|
| Replaces a meeting with a message | Requires read access to your git platform |
| Consistent, bias-free reporting | Can miss non-git work (meetings, research) |
|---|
| Scales to any team size | May need tuning for org-specific branch strategies |
|---|
| Fully auditable — it's just markdown | No interactive Q&A that a real standup enables |
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Verdict & Sign-Off
Daily Summary is low-hanging fruit for any engineering team drowning in standup overhead. Your AI agent reads the signals you already generate (git, PRs, tickets) and turns them into a report before you've finished your first coffee.
**Best for:** Remote teams, distributed orgs, or any team where "what did you do yesterday" has become theater rather than communication.