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Weekly Summaries

Weekly Summaries aggregate your team’s check-ins, priorities, and escalations into digestible insights. Powered by AI, they help managers stay informed without reading every update.

Summary Types

Murmurd generates two types of weekly summaries:

What happened this week

Generated Friday afternoon, this summary covers:

  • Check-in highlights and themes
  • Completed and shifted priorities
  • Resolved and open escalations
  • Team participation metrics

Great for: Wrapping up the week, preparing for Monday planning

How Summaries Work

  1. Data aggregation

    Murmurd collects check-ins, priorities, and escalations from the past week.

  2. Privacy filtering

    Confidential items are excluded from summaries.

  3. AI processing

    The aggregated data is processed by your chosen AI provider.

  4. Delivery

    Summaries are delivered via Slack DM, email, or both.

Who Receives Summaries

RoleReceives
Team PMTeam summary
Team ManagerTeam summary
Division ManagerAll division team summaries
Org AdminOrganization-wide summary

Summary Content

Check-in Section

  • Themes: Common topics mentioned across check-ins
  • Highlights: Notable accomplishments or concerns
  • Response rate: Team participation percentage
  • Individual responses: Grouped by question

Priorities Section

  • Completed: Goals achieved this week
  • Shifted: Changed priorities with reasons
  • Dropped: Uncompleted priorities with reasons
  • Next week: Upcoming priorities (Monday summary)

Escalations Section

  • Resolved: Issues closed this week
  • Open: Outstanding blockers
  • Age breakdown: Fresh, aging, stale, critical counts

AI Providers

Choose your AI provider in organization settings:

ProviderNotes
OpenAIGPT-4 based, US servers
AnthropicClaude based, US servers
Custom API KeyBring your own key for either provider

Privacy & Security

Summaries respect your privacy settings:

  • Confidential items excluded: Never appear in any summary
  • Team visibility respected: Only appropriate audiences see content
  • No model training: Your data is not used to train AI models
  • Encrypted in transit: All AI communication uses TLS 1.3

Viewing Summaries

Web Interface

  1. Navigate to Summaries in the navigation
  2. Select a team
  3. Use the week picker to navigate between weeks
  4. Toggle between Friday Snapshot and Monday Weekstarter

Slack Delivery

Division Managers receive summaries as Slack DMs:

  • Friday: 4 PM local time
  • Monday: 9 AM local time

Email Delivery

If Slack isn’t connected, summaries arrive via email at the same schedule.

Customization

Summary Timing

Admins can adjust delivery times in Settings → Summaries:

  • Friday snapshot time
  • Monday weekstarter time
  • Timezone considerations

Content Preferences

Choose what appears in summaries:

  • Include check-in details or themes only
  • Include individual priorities or aggregates only
  • Show or hide participation metrics

Best Practices for Useful Summaries

The quality of summaries depends on input quality:

  1. Consistent check-ins: The more data, the better the insights
  2. Specific priorities: Vague priorities produce vague summaries
  3. Updated escalations: Closed escalations show progress
  4. Appropriate visibility: Use Team/Org visibility for things worth summarizing

Troubleshooting

“Summary seems incomplete”

  • Check that team members are checking in regularly
  • Verify priorities are being set
  • Ensure escalations are being created and resolved

“I’m not receiving summaries”

  • Verify your role includes summary access
  • Check Slack/email notification settings
  • Confirm the AI provider is configured

“Summary content seems off”

  • AI can occasionally misinterpret context
  • Report issues to support@murmurd.com
  • Consider adjusting prompt settings (Enterprise)

Next Steps