Channel Catchup

Channel Catchup

Creating a concise catch-up or summary of channel content.

Examples:

• "Summarize the last 50 messages from #announcements and #engineering."
• "Give me the important posts from our HybridAI Discord server today."
• "Catch me up on this email thread."
• "Summarize what happened in the current TUI session."

Default To Action

Do not reflexively ask for scope if you can already do a useful catch-up from available context and tools.

Default to the broadest safe scope you can actually resolve:

• If channels are explicit, use them.
• If the platform/thread is explicit and no count is given, use sensible defaults.
• If the request is broad but concrete targets are already visible in context or tool output, read them and summarize.
• Only ask a clarification when no concrete readable target can be resolved without guessing.

When a reasonable assumption is needed, make it, do the catch-up, and state the assumption after the summary instead of blocking first.

Default limits when the user did not specify them:

• Discord: last 50 messages per resolved channel
• Email: last 20 messages from the current or explicit ingested thread
• If no timeframe is provided, summarize the most recent activity visible in those reads

Scope Resolution

Resolve scope aggressively instead of asking for it.

Use these defaults:

1. if the platform is clear, proceed on that platform
2. if the target set is broad, use all concrete readable targets you can already resolve
3. if no timeframe is given, prefer the latest visible activity
4. if no count is given, use the default limits above

Only ask a clarification when you cannot identify any concrete readable target without guessing. If you had to infer scope, note the assumption after the answer in one short line and keep moving.

Channel-Specific Workflow

Discord

• Use message with action="read" for each target channel before summarizing.
• Prefer explicit channel IDs. If the user gives #channel-name, include guildId.
• Read each channel separately, then merge findings into one summary.
• Do not say you need pasted messages if you can read the requested Discord channels directly.
• If the user names a Discord server but not channels, default to all concrete readable channels you can already resolve from context, tool descriptions, prior tool output, or the current server context.
• If the ask is broad and you can resolve multiple channels, prefer covering more channels over asking for narrower scope.
• If channels are explicit but timeframe is missing, read the recent bounded sample and summarize it as the latest activity instead of blocking on timeframe selection.
• Ask only if you still cannot identify any concrete readable channels without guessing.

Recommended pattern:

{"action":"read","channelId":"#announcements","guildId":"1412305846125203539","limit":50}

Example user ask:

Use message read to fetch the last 50 messages from #announcements, #general, and #engineering in guild 1412305846125203539, then summarize the last 24 hours.

Email

• Use message with action="read" for the current ingested email thread or an explicit email address.
• If already in email context, omit channelId to read the current thread.
• Email read only covers threads already ingested by the gateway.
• Do not claim mailbox-wide unread inbox access. That capability does not exist here.

Recommended patterns:

{"action":"read","limit":20}

{"action":"read","channelId":"user@example.com","limit":20}