Optimizing Your Daily Digest
Configure your daily digest to deliver exactly the information you need - no more, no less.
The Goal
Your digest should take 2-3 minutes to read and tell you everything important that happened. If it takes longer, you need fewer channels. If you're missing things, add more.
What You Can Configure
Delivery Time
When you receive your digest each day
- Schedule 30 minutes before your workday starts
- Match your timezone for accurate timing
- Consider your team's standup schedule
Channel Selection
Which channels to include in your personal digest
- Organization admins choose what to monitor
- You pick from those for your personal digest
- Start with 3-5, expand as needed
Event Types
Which event categories to show
- Different event types per channel
- Disable noisy types (e.g., minor updates)
- Keep critical types always enabled
Severity Threshold
Minimum severity level to include
- All - see everything
- Medium+ - skip low-priority items
- High+ - only important events
- Critical - emergencies only
Optimization Steps
Start with defaults
Use the default settings for your first week. This gives you a baseline to understand what's being detected.
Review your first digest
After receiving your first digest, ask yourself:
- •Was anything missing that I needed to know?
- •Was there noise that wasn't useful?
- •Did it take too long to read?
Adjust channels
Go to My Email Digest and adjust:
- Add channels you're missing updates from
- Remove noisy channels
Fine-tune event types
For each channel, enable/disable specific event types. Example: keep "Incidents" on #engineering but disable "Deployments" if too noisy.
Set severity threshold
If still too noisy, raise your severity threshold. Start with "Medium+" to filter out low-priority items.
Pro Tips
Morning digest, evening summary
Schedule your main digest for morning. Consider a second 'end of day' summary for fast-moving teams.
Different configs for different days
Monday digests might need more detail (catch up on weekend). Friday might need less.
Use the dashboard too
Your digest is a summary. Use the dashboard timeline for deeper exploration when needed.
Iterate weekly
Set a calendar reminder to review and adjust your settings weekly for the first month.
Example Configurations
IC Engineer
Delivery
8:00 AM
Severity
All
Channels
3 selected
Why: Needs full visibility into technical changes
Engineering Manager
Delivery
7:30 AM
Severity
Medium+
Channels
4 selected
Why: Skip minor items, focus on what matters
VP of Engineering
Delivery
7:00 AM
Severity
High+
Channels
4 selected
Why: Only critical items, brief overview