A daily update is a piece of news or information provided every day to keep people informed about recent developments or progress. For example, a team may provide daily updates to their employees during meetings or over emails.
To enable daily updates in your Action, configure one of your action’s intents as the triggering intent for this feature. When a user invokes this intent, your Action should automatically open a conversation that asks for their daily update. You can personalize the content of this conversation by adding custom parameters that users can submit when they register their daily updates with the Action (instructions vary depending on whether you use Dialogflow or the Actions SDK for development).
When designing your prompt, remember that a user who jumps straight to your daily update intent won’t have much context. So, it’s best to show them the benefit of your Action before prompting them to subscribe. Additionally, it’s a good idea to avoid repeating the subscription prompt in too many contexts.
If a user has already subscribed to your daily update, they will receive Assistant notifications at their scheduled time each day. This is a great way to ensure that your Action provides value on a regular basis, rather than being forgotten after a single use. It also helps you measure your users’ engagement with your Action over time, giving you insights about how to improve it. To learn more about measuring and analyzing Actions, read our article on Using the Analytics Dashboard.