Events

Event Configuration

OpsBrief uses AI to automatically detect and categorize important events from your team's messages. Learn how to configure which events to track for your daily digest.

How AI Event Detection Works

When you connect an integration like Slack or Teams, OpsBrief reads messages from your selected channels and uses AI to:

  1. Scan each message for event-related content
  2. Classify the event type (release, incident, announcement, etc.)
  3. Extract key details (title, description, severity)
  4. Assign a confidence score to the detection

Events with high confidence are included in your daily digest and shown on your dashboard timeline.

Supported Event Types

Releases

RELEASE

New versions, deployments to production, and software releases

Example detections:

  • v2.3.1 deployed to production
  • Mobile app 4.0 released
  • API v3 now live

Incidents

INCIDENT

Outages, errors, service disruptions, and critical issues

Example detections:

  • Database connectivity issues
  • API returning 500 errors
  • Payment processing down

Deployments

DEPLOYMENT

Code deployments, infrastructure changes, and rollouts

Example detections:

  • Deployed to staging
  • Canary release at 10%
  • Infrastructure migration complete

Announcements

ANNOUNCEMENT

Team announcements, company news, and important updates

Example detections:

  • New hire announcement
  • Office closure notice
  • Policy update

Experiments

EXPERIMENT

A/B tests, feature flags, and experiment results

Example detections:

  • Experiment launched: new checkout flow
  • A/B test results: +15% conversion
  • Feature flag enabled

Feature Launches

FEATURE_LAUNCH

New product features and functionality releases

Example detections:

  • Dark mode now available
  • New search feature shipped
  • Dashboard v2 launched

Configuring Events

Per-Channel Configuration

Each channel can have different event types enabled. For example, you might enable "Incidents" for your #alerts channel but disable it for #general.

To configure: Go to Channels → Select a channel → Click "Configure Events" → Toggle event types on/off.

Severity Levels

Events are assigned severity levels:
Critical
High
Medium
Low
. You can filter your digest to only show events above a certain severity threshold.

Learn more about digest preferences.

Custom Keywords

Add custom keywords to help the AI detect events specific to your organization. For example, if your team uses "LGTM" to signal code review approvals, you can add it as a keyword.

Pro tip: Use your internal project codenames, deployment scripts, or team-specific terminology to improve detection accuracy.

Configuration Examples

Engineering Team

View use case →
#engineering
Releases
Incidents
Deployments
#incidents
Incidents
#releases
Releases
Feature Launches

Product Team

View use case →
#product
Feature Launches
Experiments
#launches
Feature Launches
Announcements
#feedback
User Feedback

Related Documentation

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