AI Summaries & Recaps
Catch up on a busy channel in seconds with AI summaries, recaps, TLDRs, and one-shot questions powered by Gemini.
What it does
Some channels move fast. exceed's summary commands read the recent conversation and hand you the gist, so nobody has to scroll through hundreds of messages. Everything here is command-triggered — the AI only runs when someone asks it to.
There are four tools, each tuned for a different job:
| Command | Aliases | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
,summarize | ,summary | A clear, neutral paragraph summary of recent channel messages |
,recap | ,summarizechat | A short bullet-point recap: key topics, decisions, open questions |
,tldr | ,eli5 | A 1–3 sentence TLDR (or a "explain like I'm 5" version) |
,ask | ,ai | A direct, concise answer to a one-off question |
Channel summary — ,summarize
,summarize reads the recent messages in the current channel and posts a tidy summary embed.
,summarize— summarizes the last 50 messages (the default).,summarize 120— summarizes the last N messages (capped at 200).
,summarize is the one command here that is gated by a feature flag. It is off until an admin enables it:
- On the dashboard: open the AI Summaries card and toggle it on.
- In Discord:
,summarize enable(or,summarize disable) — requires the Manage Server permission.
If summaries are off, the command replies that they aren't enabled on this server.
Conversation recap — ,recap
,recap posts a bullet-style recap of the recent chat — topics covered, decisions made, and questions still open.
,recap— recaps the last 50 messages.,recap 80— recaps the last N (between 5 and 200).
It needs at least a few real messages to work with, and it skips bot messages automatically.
TLDR and ELI5 — ,tldr / ,eli5
,tldr gives you a 1–3 sentence summary. It is flexible about what it summarizes:
- Reply to a message and run
,tldrto summarize that message. ,tldr <some long text>to summarize text you paste in.,tldron its own to summarize the recent chat.
,eli5 does the same but explains it in very simple terms, like you're five years old.
Ask a question — ,ask
,ask <question> gets a short, focused answer from Gemini. It is a one-shot Q&A with no memory of previous questions — for an ongoing conversational personality that remembers context, use Persona Chat instead.
Usage limits
These commands call Gemini, so they draw on your server's shared monthly AI allowance and respect per-user cooldowns (each command also has its own short built-in cooldown). On a normal server this is plenty; if you've hit the monthly cap, the commands wait until the budget resets next month. See Usage & Limits and watch your spend on the AI Usage page.