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What's Happening

The What's Happening module is a unified operational digest for your organization.

What You Can Do

  • Switch between daily and weekly digest timeframes.
  • Review summarized sections such as action items, reminders, themes, and blockers.
  • Search digest content and browse generated results.
  • Refresh digest generation and monitor summary status.
  • Configure digest email preferences (schedule, weekday/time, timezone-aware delivery).

Sources Considered

What's Happening currently builds digests from these organization/user data sources:

  • Google Chat spaces: Messages from spaces the user can access in the selected digest window.
  • Gmail: Recent email threads/messages in the selected digest window.
  • Google Calendar / Meetings: Calendar events and meeting metadata (title, time, attendees, notes/description where available).

These source sections feed:

  • Section summaries (Chat Spaces, Email Threads, Meetings)
  • Extracted action items, reminders, wins, recurring themes, and blockers

Current per-window limits

  • Up to 25 chat spaces
  • Up to 120 messages per space
  • Up to 50 email threads
  • Up to 30 meetings/events

If a source has no activity in the selected window (or required access is unavailable), that source section may be omitted from the digest.

Core Behaviors

  • Digest data is rendered as structured cards and summary sections for quick scanning.
  • Search is debounced for smoother filtering.
  • Email summary preferences can be toggled and updated from the same page.
  • Some advanced capability paths are plan-gated and can show upgrade prompts.

Typical Workflow

  1. Open What's Happening from the sidebar.
  2. Pick timeframe (Daily or Weekly).
  3. Scan blockers and action items first.
  4. Search for a topic/person/project to narrow context.
  5. Set or update email summary schedule so teammates receive regular digests.

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