refresh-stale-summaries

routineKey: refresh-stale-summaries
title: Refresh stale summary slots
description: Bounded, paused-by-default sweep that regenerates summary slots whose underlying scope has changed since the last revision. Spends no tokens until an operator enables its schedule or runs it manually. Read-and-report only — it never mutates issues, workspaces, or code.
assigneeRef:
  resourceKind: agent
  resourceKey: summarizer
status: paused
priority: medium
concurrencyPolicy: coalesce_if_active
catchUpPolicy: skip_missed
variables:
  - name: staleAfterHours
    label: Refresh slots older than (hours)
    type: number
    defaultValue: 24
    required: false
    options: []
  - name: maxSlots
    label: Max slots to refresh per run
    type: number
    defaultValue: 10
    required: false
    options: []
  - name: scopeKinds
    label: Scope kinds to include
    type: select
    defaultValue: all
    required: false
    options:
      - all
      - project
      - workspaces_overview
      - project_workspace
triggers:
  - kind: schedule
    label: Daily stale-summary refresh
    enabled: false
    cronExpression: "0 8 * * *"
    timezone: UTC
    signingMode: none
    replayWindowSec: 0
issueTemplate:
  surfaceVisibility: normal

Refresh stale summary slots

This routine is **paused by default** and spends no tokens until an operator enables its schedule or triggers a manual run. The first release of the Summarizer is manual-generation-first; this routine exists so operators can opt into scheduled refreshes without background spend by default.

What this run must do

1. Select summary slots whose scope has changed since their last revision and whose `lastGeneratedAt` is older than `{{staleAfterHours}}` hours. Restrict to `{{scopeKinds}}` when a specific kind is chosen. Cap the set at `{{maxSlots}}`, most-stale first. 2. For each selected slot, run the `summarize-status` skill as the operating procedure: read the current revision, read the company-scoped state you need to understand where things are, and write one new Markdown revision back to the slot. 3. Skip slots with no meaningful change since their last revision — do not spend tokens rewriting an unchanged summary.

Hard limits for this routine

• Read-and-report only. This routine must never change issues, workspaces, code, or agent configuration — its only write is the summary revision.
• Keep every read company-scoped. Do not cross company boundaries.
• Run on the low-cost model profile lane (`cheap`). Keep each summary short.
• Never fabricate status and never surface secrets from issue bodies or configs.

Output

A single bounded routine issue that links the slots refreshed this run, plus a summary comment listing: scopes summarized, revisions written, slots skipped as unchanged, and any slot that could not be read (with the unblock owner).