Unified Smart Inbox: AI-Driven Summarization for DevOps Communications

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Problem:

DevOps teams are constantly barraged with information across Slack, Jira, GitHub, emails, and monitoring alerts. This communication overload leads to significant context switching, missed critical updates, and reduced productivity as engineers struggle to filter noise from signal.

Solution: Unified Smart Inbox with DevOpsDigest AI

Implement DevOpsDigest AI, an intelligent hub that consolidates, filters, and leverages an LLM to provide AI-driven summaries of critical communications across your DevOps toolchain. This configuration sets up a core pipeline for ingestion, AI processing, and targeted delivery.

Configuration Snippet:


{
  "serviceName": "DevOpsDigest AI Hub",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "slack-critical-channels",
      "type": "slack",
      "apiEndpoint": "https://api.slack.com/...",
      "auth": { "type": "oauth", "token_env_var": "SLACK_BOT_TOKEN" },
      "filter": {
        "channels": ["#devops-alerts", "#incident-response", "#prod-deployments"],
        "keywords": ["urgent", "critical", "outage", "rollback"],
        "lookback_minutes": 60
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "jira-high-priority",
      "type": "jira",
      "apiEndpoint": "https://yourcompany.atlassian.net/rest/api/latest/",
      "auth": { "type": "basic", "username": "ai-digest-bot", "token_env_var": "JIRA_API_TOKEN" },
      "filter": {
        "jql": "priority in ('Highest', 'High') AND status in ('In Progress', 'Reopened', 'Blocked') AND updated >= '-1h'",
        "fields": ["key", "summary", "description", "status", "reporter", "assignee", "updated"],
        "project_keys": ["PROD", "SRE", "INC"]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "github-urgent-prs-issues",
      "type": "github",
      "apiEndpoint": "https://api.github.com/graphql",
      "auth": { "type": "bearer", "token_env_var": "GITHUB_GRAPHQL_TOKEN" },
      "filter": {
        "repositories": ["your-org/core-service", "your-org/infra-repo"],
        "event_types": ["pull_request.opened", "issue.opened", "issue_comment.created"],
        "query_params": "is:open is:pr (label:urgent OR label:critical) updated:>=2023-01-01"
      }
    }
  ],
  "aiProcessor": {
    "model": "gpt-4o",
    "provider": "openai",
    "api_key_env_var": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
    "promptTemplate": "As a senior DevOps engineer, summarize the following *{source_type}* updates from *{source_id}*. Highlight critical issues, required actions, and key decisions. Keep it under 200 words and focus on what needs immediate attention or follow-up. Provide clear, concise bullet points if possible.\n\nRaw Content:\n
                    

                        

                            

                            
TEXT SNIPPET

                        

                        
\n{raw_content}\n

                    

                    ",
    "outputLanguage": "en-US",
    "maxTokens": 300
  },
  "delivery": {
    "target": "slack",
    "channelId": "#devops-ai-digest",
    "frequency": "every_30_minutes",
    "messageFormat": "Daily Digest from DevOpsDigest AI:\n\n*Source: {source_id}*\nSummary:\n
                    

                        

                            

                            
TEXT SNIPPET

                        

                        
\n{ai_summary}\n

                    

                    \n_Original Links: {original_links}_\n\n"
  }
}

Explanation:

This DevOpsDigest AI Hub configuration centralizes critical updates from Slack, Jira, and GitHub. It's designed to pull recent messages, issues, and PR activity, specifically filtering for high-priority items and keywords relevant to a senior DevOps role. The ingested data is then fed to an OpenAI gpt-4o model with a tailored prompt to generate concise, actionable summaries. These AI-powered digests are delivered every 30 minutes to a dedicated Slack channel (#devops-ai-digest), drastically reducing information overload and ensuring that crucial updates are seen and understood without extensive context switching.

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