> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mintlify.com/hempun10/devdaily/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> DevDaily AI - Your AI-powered developer memory for auto-generating standup notes, PR descriptions, and weekly summaries from your git history

# Welcome to DevDaily AI

DevDaily is your **AI-powered developer memory** that auto-generates standup notes, PR descriptions, and weekly summaries from your git history.

<Note>
  Developers lose hours every week writing standup notes, crafting PR descriptions, and compiling weekly reports. DevDaily uses GitHub Copilot CLI to generate professional summaries in seconds.
</Note>

## What Makes DevDaily Different?

DevDaily builds a **persistent local memory** of your work. Every standup you run, every PR you generate, every branch you switch — DevDaily silently records a snapshot in `~/.config/devdaily/journal/`.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Context Recovery" icon="clock-rotate-left">
    `devdaily context` tells you exactly where you left off, even days later
  </Card>

  <Card title="Work Search" icon="magnifying-glass">
    `devdaily recall auth` finds every time you touched authentication code
  </Card>

  <Card title="Weekly Summaries" icon="calendar-week">
    `devdaily week` produces accurate summaries from your local journal
  </Card>

  <Card title="Cross-Project" icon="diagram-project">
    Work summaries across all your repositories with `--all-projects`
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Tip>
  All data stays local. No cloud. No telemetry. Everything is stored in `~/.config/devdaily/journal/`
</Tip>

## Key Features

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Standup Generator" icon="calendar-check">
    Generate daily standup notes from commits, PRs, and tickets with AI-powered summaries
  </Card>

  <Card title="PR Descriptions" icon="code-pull-request">
    Auto-generate PR titles and bodies with template support and conventional commit format
  </Card>

  <Card title="Weekly Summaries" icon="chart-line">
    Compile weekly accomplishments with detailed stats and AI analysis
  </Card>

  <Card title="Context Recovery" icon="brain">
    Recover exactly where you left off after a context switch with intelligent work tracking
  </Card>

  <Card title="Work Search" icon="search">
    Search your work history by keyword, file, tag, or date across all projects
  </Card>

  <Card title="Auto-Snapshots" icon="camera">
    Silent work tracking as a side-effect of commands you already run
  </Card>

  <Card title="PM Integration" icon="ticket">
    GitHub Issues, Jira, and Linear ticket linking with automatic metadata extraction
  </Card>

  <Card title="Notifications" icon="bell">
    Send standups to Slack or Discord via webhooks
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## How It Works

<Steps>
  <Step title="Install DevDaily">
    ```bash theme={null}
    npm install -g devdaily-ai
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set up GitHub Copilot CLI">
    DevDaily uses GitHub Copilot CLI for AI-powered text generation:

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

  <Step title="Initialize in your project">
    ```bash theme={null}
    devdaily init
    ```

    This sets up aliases, shell completions, and optional git hooks.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Generate your first standup">
    ```bash theme={null}
    devdaily standup
    ```

    Or use the short alias: `dd s`
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Quick Commands

Get started with these essential commands:

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash Standup theme={null}
  # Generate today's standup
  devdaily standup

  # Last 3 days of work
  devdaily standup --days 3

  # Send to Slack
  devdaily standup --send
  ```

  ```bash PR Description theme={null}
  # Generate PR description
  devdaily pr

  # Create PR on GitHub
  devdaily pr --create

  # Create as draft
  devdaily pr --draft
  ```

  ```bash Weekly Summary theme={null}
  # Current week summary
  devdaily week

  # Last week
  devdaily week --last

  # All projects
  devdaily week --all-projects
  ```

  ```bash Context Recovery theme={null}
  # Where did I leave off?
  devdaily context

  # AI-powered summary
  devdaily context --ai

  # All projects
  devdaily context --all-projects
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Output Formats

DevDaily supports multiple output formats for different workflows:

* **Markdown** - Default format, perfect for copying to documentation
* **Slack** - Formatted with Slack's markdown syntax
* **Plain** - Clean text without formatting
* **JSON** - Machine-readable for automation

```bash theme={null}
devdaily standup --format slack
devdaily week --format json
```

## Privacy & Security

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Local-First" icon="hard-drive">
    All data stays on your machine in `~/.config/devdaily/journal/`. Nothing is sent to any server.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Secrets Management" icon="lock">
    Secrets stored separately in `.devdaily.secrets.json` (auto-added to `.gitignore`)
  </Card>

  <Card title="Opt-in Hooks" icon="git">
    Git hooks are optional and POSIX-compatible. They append to existing hooks instead of overwriting.
  </Card>

  <Card title="GitHub Copilot" icon="robot">
    AI generation uses GitHub Copilot CLI under your existing Copilot agreement
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Warning>
  DevDaily processes your git history locally and sends text prompts to GitHub Copilot CLI. Your source code is **not uploaded**.
</Warning>

## What's Next?

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Installation" icon="download" href="/installation">
    Install DevDaily and set up prerequisites
  </Card>

  <Card title="Quick Start" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Get from install to running your first commands
  </Card>
</CardGroup>