| name | weekly-summary |
| description | Generate a concise weekly progress summary for the pharma_skills repository. Use this to summarize recent commits, PRs, and issues, then post the update to Slack and save it as a markdown file. |
Weekly Summary Skill
This skill automates the generation of a developer-focused weekly summary for the RConsortium/pharma_skills repository.
Configuration
Before running, read _automation/weekly-summary/config.json to load:
max_words — word limit for the summary (default 150)slack_channel — Slack channel ID to post to (overridden by PHARMA_SKILLS_SLACK_CHANNEL env var)lookback_days — how many days of activity to include (default 7)
If PHARMA_SKILLS_SLACK_CHANNEL is set in the environment, it takes precedence over config.json.
If neither is set, stop and report an error — do not guess a channel ID.
Steps
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Research Recent Activity
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Generate Summary
- Write a developer-focused summary under
max_words words (from config) in Slack mrkdwn format.
- Use the following structure:
📊 pharma_skills — week of [DATE]
• Commits: [count + one-line highlight]
• PRs: [merged/open count + key change or discussion]
• Issues: [opened/closed count + notable item]
• TL;DR: [1-2 sentences on overall momentum and what to watch next week]
- Skip any section with no activity.
- Be direct and terse.
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Slack Output
- Read the Slack channel from the environment variable
PHARMA_SKILLS_SLACK_CHANNEL, falling back to slack_channel in config.json.
- Post the summary to Slack using an available webhook or chat integration tool.
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File Output
- Save the summary as a markdown file:
/sessions/[session-dir]/mnt/outputs/pharma-skills-weekly-summary-[YYYY-MM-DD].md.
- Present or output the path to the saved file so the user can review it.
