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# Standup Generation

> Generate daily standup notes from commits, PRs, and tickets with AI-powered summaries

The standup feature analyzes your git history, pull requests, and project management tickets to generate comprehensive daily standup notes automatically.

## Quick Start

Generate a standup for the last day:

```bash theme={null}
devdaily standup
```

Generate a standup for the last 3 days:

```bash theme={null}
devdaily standup --days 3
```

## How It Works

<Steps>
  <Step title="Gather Context">
    DevDaily analyzes your recent commits, pull requests, and linked tickets from the specified time period.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Extract Metadata">
    Collects diff stats, file changes, work categories, and ticket information from your project management tool.
  </Step>

  <Step title="AI Generation">
    Uses GitHub Copilot CLI to generate a well-structured standup summary with your preferred tone and format.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Output">
    Displays the standup and optionally copies to clipboard or sends to Slack/Discord.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Command Options

### Time Range

| Option                | Description                 | Default |
| --------------------- | --------------------------- | ------- |
| `-d, --days <number>` | Number of days to look back | `1`     |

```bash theme={null}
# Last 2 days of work
devdaily standup --days 2

# Last full week
devdaily standup --days 7
```

### Output Formats

| Option                | Description   | Formats                              |
| --------------------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| `-f, --format <type>` | Output format | `markdown`, `slack`, `plain`, `json` |

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Markdown">
    ```bash theme={null}
    devdaily standup --format markdown
    ```

    Perfect for copying into GitHub issues or documentation.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Slack">
    ```bash theme={null}
    devdaily standup --format slack
    ```

    Formatted with Slack's markdown syntax for direct posting.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Plain Text">
    ```bash theme={null}
    devdaily standup --format plain
    ```

    Clean text output without formatting characters.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="JSON">
    ```bash theme={null}
    devdaily standup --format json
    ```

    Structured JSON output for integrations and automation.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

### Tone Control

| Option          | Description       | Tones                              |
| --------------- | ----------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `--tone <type>` | Output tone style | `engineering`, `mixed`, `business` |

<Accordion title="Tone Examples">
  * **engineering**: Technical details, implementation focus
  * **mixed**: Balanced technical and business language (default)
  * **business**: High-level outcomes, stakeholder-friendly
</Accordion>

```bash theme={null}
# Technical audience
devdaily standup --tone engineering

# Stakeholder update
devdaily standup --tone business
```

### Filtering

| Option                 | Description                       |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| `-a, --author <email>` | Filter commits by author email    |
| `-t, --ticket <id...>` | Include specific ticket/issue IDs |
| `--no-tickets`         | Skip fetching ticket context      |
| `--no-prs`             | Skip fetching PR context          |

```bash theme={null}
# Filter by author
devdaily standup --author your.email@company.com

# Include specific tickets
devdaily standup --ticket PROJ-123 --ticket PROJ-124

# Skip external API calls
devdaily standup --no-tickets --no-prs
```

### Preview and Debug

| Option          | Description                                             |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--preview`     | Show context and ask for confirmation before generating |
| `--context`     | Display detailed work context analysis                  |
| `--raw-context` | Output only the raw context block (no AI)               |
| `--debug`       | Show full context and prompt sent to Copilot            |

```bash theme={null}
# Preview what will be included
devdaily standup --preview

# See detailed analysis
devdaily standup --context

# Debug mode
devdaily standup --debug
```

### Notifications

<Note>
  Configure webhooks first with `devdaily init --notifications`
</Note>

| Option           | Description                                 |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| `--send`         | Send to configured channels (Slack/Discord) |
| `--slack`        | Send to Slack only                          |
| `--discord`      | Send to Discord only                        |
| `--test-webhook` | Test webhook configuration                  |

```bash theme={null}
# Send to all configured channels
devdaily standup --send

# Send to Slack only
devdaily standup --slack

# Test your webhook setup
devdaily standup --test-webhook
```

### Clipboard and Journal

| Option         | Description                          |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| `--no-copy`    | Don't copy to clipboard              |
| `--no-journal` | Skip auto-saving snapshot to journal |

```bash theme={null}
# Skip clipboard copy
devdaily standup --no-copy

# Don't save to journal
devdaily standup --no-journal
```

## What Gets Analyzed

The standup feature builds rich context from multiple sources:

### Git History

* Commit messages and hashes
* File changes and diff statistics
* Branch information
* Author and timestamp data

### Pull Requests

* PR titles and states (open/merged)
* Linked branches
* Associated ticket references

### Tickets & Issues

* Ticket IDs from commits and branch names
* Ticket titles and status
* Priority and type information

### Work Categories

* Automatically categorized by file paths
* Shows percentage breakdown (frontend, backend, etc.)
* Top changed files with frequency

## Output Components

A typical standup includes:

1. **Title**: "Daily Standup" or "Work Summary (N days)"
2. **Summary**: AI-generated narrative of your work
3. **Stats Bar**: Commits, PRs, tickets, changes, primary area
4. **Metadata**: Days covered, branch name, repository

<Tip>
  The stats bar can be disabled in config with `output.showStats = false`
</Tip>

## Example Workflow

```bash theme={null}
# Morning standup - check what you did yesterday
devdaily standup --preview

# Generate and send to Slack
devdaily standup --format slack --send

# Weekly summary for Friday
devdaily standup --days 5 --tone business

# Debug if something seems off
devdaily standup --debug --context
```

## Advanced Usage

### Custom Date Ranges

```bash theme={null}
# Last 2 days with specific tickets
devdaily standup --days 2 --ticket PROJ-456

# Engineering format with full context
devdaily standup --tone engineering --context
```

### Integration Workflows

```bash theme={null}
# Generate JSON for automation
devdaily standup --format json > standup.json

# Test notification setup
devdaily standup --test-webhook

# Preview before sending
devdaily standup --preview --send
```

### Troubleshooting

<Accordion title="No commits found">
  If you see "No commits or PRs found":

  * Check you're in a git repository
  * Increase `--days` to look back further
  * Verify commits exist: `git log --since="1 day ago"`
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Webhook test fails">
  If webhook tests fail:

  1. Check your webhook URL in `.devdaily.secrets.json`
  2. For Slack: Visit [https://api.slack.com/apps](https://api.slack.com/apps) → Incoming Webhooks
  3. For Discord: Server Settings → Integrations → Webhooks
  4. Re-run: `devdaily init --notifications`
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Copilot CLI not found">
  Install GitHub Copilot CLI:

  ```bash theme={null}
  gh extension install github/gh-copilot
  ```
</Accordion>

## Configuration

Customize standup behavior in your `.devdaily.json`:

```json theme={null}
{
  "standup": {
    "defaultDays": 1
  },
  "output": {
    "format": "markdown",
    "showStats": true,
    "copyToClipboard": true
  },
  "git": {
    "defaultBranch": "main"
  }
}
```

## Related Commands

* [`devdaily week`](/features/weekly-summaries) - Generate weekly summaries
* [`devdaily pr`](/features/pr-descriptions) - Generate PR descriptions
* [`devdaily context`](/features/context-recovery) - Recover work context