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FEATURE REQUEST:Proactive Contributor Assistance #258

@Harshi-max

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@Harshi-max

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  • Yes, it is related to a problem

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🌟 Feature Description

I’d like to enhance Devr.AI to make it more proactive and helpful for contributors. Right now, it mostly responds when directly asked something, but I think it could anticipate contributor needs and guide them through tasks, onboarding, and documentation automatically.

Some ideas for this feature:

  • Suggest relevant issues or tasks to contributors based on what they’re working on.
  • Provide step-by-step onboarding guidance for newcomers.
  • Keep track of conversations across Discord, Slack, GitHub, and Discourse so it can give context-aware responses.
  • Offer analytics to maintainers so they can see unanswered queries, active contributors, and engagement stats.
  • Learn from feedback over time so it improves its suggestions and guidance.

🔍 Problem Statement

Currently, Devr.AI only reacts when someone tags it or asks a question. This means:

  • Contributors might miss tasks or guidance that would help them get started.
  • Maintainers spend extra time manually monitoring contributors and answering questions.
  • New contributors might have a slower onboarding experience.
  • AI responses can sometimes be too generic or miss the context.

🎯 Expected Outcome

  • Contributors get timely guidance without needing to ask for it explicitly.
  • Maintainers save time because the AI can handle routine guidance.
  • Onboarding for new contributors becomes smoother and more structured.
  • AI responses become smarter over time thanks to feedback loops.
  • Fewer irrelevant or unnecessary AI messages.

📷 Design Ideas

  • A simple dashboard for maintainers showing pending queries and suggested tasks for contributors.
  • Flowchart showing how the AI tracks context across platforms and triggers suggestions.
  • Optional: interactive onboarding flow that guides new contributors step by step.

📋 Additional Context

  • This should integrate with the current prompt system and agent logic in Devr.AI.
  • Needs to remain lightweight so it doesn’t slow down cross-platform functionality.
  • Proper logging and error handling should be included so maintainers can monitor the AI.
  • Could later be combined with other features like gamification, analytics, or multi-language support.

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  • I want to work on implementing this feature

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