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AI Task Summary gives you an instant overview of any task — what it’s about, what’s happened, and where things stand — without reading through the full description, comments, and timeline.
This feature is available on Sayr Cloud and on self-hosted instances (Community and Enterprise) when a MISTRAL_API_KEY is configured.
How It Works
Section titled “How It Works”When you open a task’s detail panel, Sayr checks whether a fresh summary already exists. If one is available, it appears immediately. If not (or if new activity has occurred since the last summary was generated), Sayr automatically generates a new one.
Summaries are generated by an AI model and take into account:
- The task title and description
- Current status, priority, labels, and assignees
- Comments and timeline activity
Generating a Summary
Section titled “Generating a Summary”Summaries are generated automatically when you open a task. You can also manually trigger a new one using the Regenerate button in the AI panel.
The panel shows when the summary was last generated (e.g. “Generated 2 hours ago”) so you always know how fresh it is.
Caching & Freshness
Section titled “Caching & Freshness”Sayr caches summaries so you get instant results on repeat visits without making a new AI request every time.
A cached summary is shown immediately when:
- The summary was generated after the most recent task activity
- The cached version hasn’t expired (summaries are cached for up to 7 days)
A new summary is generated when:
- New activity (comments, status changes, timeline entries) has occurred since the last summary
- The cached summary has expired
Grace Period
Section titled “Grace Period”If you have a task open and new activity comes in via real-time updates, the summary does not automatically re-evaluate staleness mid-session. The freshness check only runs when you next open the task. This prevents distracting summary refreshes while you’re actively working.
Availability
Section titled “Availability”| Edition | Available |
|---|---|
| Cloud | Yes |
| Community (self-hosted) | Yes, when MISTRAL_API_KEY is set |
| Enterprise (self-hosted) | Yes, when MISTRAL_API_KEY is set |
On Sayr Cloud, AI is managed and ready to use with no configuration. On self-hosted instances, set the MISTRAL_API_KEY environment variable to enable AI features. See the self-hosting configuration guide for details.
Once enabled, organization admins can control AI features per-organization from Settings → AI.