Skip to main content

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cakeday.io/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

The Settings page at cakeday.io/app/settings is where you configure how and when Cake Day posts shoutouts, and — on higher plans — how those shoutouts look and sound. The page is organized into three tabs: General, Voice & branding, and Custom GIFs.
Running /cakeday setup in Slack redirects to the setup wizard if your workspace hasn’t completed initial configuration, or to the dashboard if setup is already done. Running /cakeday settings always redirects directly to the Settings page.

​
General

​
Celebration channels

Birthday channel — the Slack channel where Cake Day posts birthday shoutouts. This field is required. Work anniversary channel — the Slack channel for work-anniversary shoutouts. On Starter and above you can choose a different channel from your birthday channel. On Free, Cake Day uses a single channel for both event types. The channel picker only shows channels the Cake Day bot has been added to. If you don’t see a channel you want to use, add the bot to it in Slack first, then return to Settings.

​
Post schedule

Post time — the time of day Cake Day sends shoutouts (for example, 9:00 AM). All celebrations for that day go out at this time. Timezone — the timezone Cake Day uses to evaluate the post time. Set this to your workspace’s primary timezone so shoutouts land at the right moment for your team.

​
Pause / resume

The Live / Paused toggle at the top right of the General panel lets you stop all shoutouts without changing any other settings. While Cake Day is paused:
  • No birthday or anniversary posts are sent.
  • The paused state is visible to your team in /cakeday help and the Slack Home tab.
  • Your roster, channels, and schedule are preserved and ready when you resume.
Flip the toggle back to Live to resume posting.

​
Voice & branding (Pro)

​
Custom AI voice

The Voice guidance field lets you write a short prompt — up to 2,000 characters — that shapes the style of every AI-generated shoutout. For example: “Use a slightly more formal tone. Avoid emoji of food. Always sign off with —the team.” This field is only active on the Pro plan. On lower plans the field is locked and a prompt has no effect. Your guidance shapes style only. Cake Day’s safety rules — never fabricating facts about a teammate, never claiming personal knowledge, length limits, profanity filters — always apply on top of whatever you write.

​
Custom branding

Display name — the name the bot uses when posting shoutouts (e.g., “People Team” instead of “Cake Day”). Leave blank to use the default. Avatar icon — a custom image (PNG or JPEG, max 1 MB, square recommended) used as the bot’s profile picture when posting. Upload a new icon or remove the current one from this panel. Custom branding applies to real scheduled shoutouts only. Previews from /cakeday test always render with the default Cake Day identity due to a Slack platform limitation. Both fields are Pro-only and locked on lower plans.

​
Custom GIFs (Growth and above)

The Custom GIFs tab lets you build a GIF pool that Cake Day draws from when composing shoutouts. Growth workspaces can store up to 15 GIFs; Pro workspaces up to 50.

​
Adding GIFs

You can add GIFs two ways:
  • Upload your own — upload a GIF, PNG, JPEG, or WebP file (max 8 MB).
  • Search Giphy — search Giphy directly from the dashboard and add a result to your pool.
When adding a GIF, you can tag it as Birthday, Anniversary, or Both to control which event type it appears in.

​
GIF pool mode

The mode toggle controls how Cake Day uses your custom GIFs:
ModeBehavior
Mixed with defaultsCake Day chooses from your custom GIFs and the curated default library.
Use only my GIFsCake Day only uses GIFs from your custom pool. If your pool is empty or all GIFs are disabled, Cake Day falls back to the default library.

​
Managing your GIFs

Each GIF in your pool can be:
  • Enabled or disabled — disabled GIFs are excluded from shoutouts but stay in your pool.
  • Labeled — add a short name to keep your pool organized.
  • Retagged — change the event type (Birthday, Anniversary, Both) at any time.
  • Deleted — permanently removed from your pool.
This feature is locked on Free and Starter. An upgrade prompt is shown in its place.