Daily update is a regular report or piece of information that’s shared on a daily basis. It could be anything from a work status or project report to a personal checklist of tasks for the day. Daily updates are essential to ensure transparency, maintain momentum, and create a sense of accountability.
When you add daily updates to your Action, users receive Assistant notifications each day at a pre-scheduled time. The notifications appear on their phones or other devices as Assistant prompts, so they’re a powerful tool for keeping users engaged with your Action. To get the most out of this feature, design your Action well and give users a good reason to want to subscribe to daily updates. You can include a registration prompt mid-conversation or as a suggestion chip, or you can use the default daily updates subscription flow when your action finishes successfully.
To configure your Action to deliver daily updates, open it in the Actions console and click Develop in the top menu. Next, select Intents in the left menu and add a new daily updates subscription flow to the user intent handling section of your Action. Then, when your Action finishes successfully, it will invoke the daily updates intent and automatically start delivering updates to the user each day. If you’re using the default daily updates system scene, this will continue until the user manually unsubscribes or your Action is turned off. This is a great way to help your users stay connected to your action, without interrupting their workflow or disrupting their experience with Assistant.