Daily Stand-Up? Handled.
Published: 15 May 2025
Tagged: Git ChatGPT Productivity Automation

As a developer, I often found myself dreading one simple question in daily stand-ups: ”- What did you work on yesterday?”. I’d mentally rewind the day, try to recall commits, branches, context switches — and inevitably forget something.

So I built a script1 that solved the problem once and for all.

📋 What It Does?

Every morning, I run a script that:

  1. Gathers all my Git commits from the previous day.
  2. Groups them by branch.
  3. Displays them in a clean, readable format.
  4. Appends a custom prompt that I paste into ChatGPT — and boom — it generates a clear, concise status update for my stand-up.

Here’s what the Git output looks like:

❯ python3 git_log.py --date 2025-05-15

📦 Commits by 'Aleksey Lobanov' for 2025-05-15:

🔀 Branch: develop
• a2f9b3d1e 2025-05-15 MOB-762-settings-theme-switcher-finalization
• c8412eb74 2025-05-15 MOB-781-user-session-cleanup-on-logout

🔀 Branch: MOB-762-settings-theme-switcher-finalization
• 14cbe81e3 2025-05-15 feat(settings): MOB-762 implement dynamic theme switching with persistence across sessions
• f3d5e66ba 2025-05-15 refactor(ui): MOB-762 extract common theme logic into ThemeController
• 7e9123a84 2025-05-15 fix(auth): MOB-762 ensure proper cleanup of tokens and session state on manual logout

Then I append this prompt below:

🔧 Generate a daily summary for the commits above in this format:

Yesterday:
- <summary of task 1>
- <summary of task 2>

📌 Rules:
• Group commits by branch. Each branch = 1 task.
• Describe what was done abstractly, no low-level detail.
• If any MOB- tasks appear in develop, they are considered completed.

ChatGPT does the rest. And now, I never draw a blank in a daily sync again. Here is the result:

Yesterday:
- Completed task MOB-762 — finalized implementation of theme switching in app settings with improved logic reuse and persistent behavior across sessions.
- Completed task MOB-781 — ensured proper cleanup of user session data during logout to improve stability and security.

🧠 Why This Works

  • No more manual memory scanning.
  • Instant context when switching tasks or reviewing progress.
  • Easy way to track completed vs. in-progress work.

🛠️ Implementation & Usage

The script1 is now available as a standalone tool with additional features:

Quick Start

# Setup
❯ python3.12 -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
echo "OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-..." > .env

# Run
❯ python git_daily_report.py --date YYYY-MM-DD

Key Features

  • Automatic ChatGPT API integration
  • Custom repository and author filtering
  • Flexible output formats

Usage Examples

# Basic usage
❯ python git_daily_report.py

# With ChatGPT API
❯ python git_daily_report.py --use-gpt

# Specific repository
❯ python git_daily_report.py --repo /path/to/repo

# Custom author
❯ python git_daily_report.py --email user@example.com

It’s a simple fix, but it’s changed the way I show up to stand-ups. If you’re a dev who forgets what you did yesterday — this little combo of Git + Python + ChatGPT might save your mornings.

💬 Feedback

If you have suggestions for improving the script or have found a bug, please create an issue on GitHub2 or join our community discussions3.

  1. GitHub Repository - Full source code and documentation ↩ ↩2

  2. GitHub Issues - Report bugs or suggest improvements ↩

  3. GitHub Discussions - Join the community discussion ↩