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.Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://cakeday.io/docs/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
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 helpand the Slack Home tab. - Your roster, channels, and schedule are preserved and ready when you resume.
Voice & branding
The Voice & branding tab is split into three sections. Each is plan-gated independently — you don’t need Pro to shape Cake Day’s tone.Voice preset
The Voice preset picker controls Cake Day’s overall tone. Pick one of four curated presets — every workspace gets this, on every plan, including Free.| Preset | Vibe |
|---|---|
| Balanced | Warm and celebratory. The default Cake Day voice. |
| Professional | Formal and corporate-safe. Minimal emoji. |
| Playful | High energy. More emoji, more hype. |
| Warm & close-knit | Sincere and heartfelt. Quietly celebratory. |
/cakeday test @yourself anniversary (or /cakeday test @yourself for a birthday) to preview the effect.
Voice & rules (Pro)
The Voice guidance field lets you write a short prompt — up to 2,000 characters — that adds team-specific rules on top of the chosen preset. This is for things the preset can’t know: nicknames, sign-offs, never-say words, inside references. Click See examples above the input for inspiration. The kinds of things that belong here:- Team name & sign-off — “We call ourselves the Pack. Sign off rally lines with — the Pack 🐺.”
- Never-say rules — “Never use ‘crushing it’, ‘killing it’, or corporate phrases like ‘synergy’.”
- Always-do rules — “Mention how many years they’ve been with us as ‘X trips around the sun’.”
- Team vocabulary — “We’re a coffee company — slip in a reference to espresso or the roastery when it fits naturally.”
- Cultural fit — “Skip US-specific references and sports metaphors — we’re a remote team across timezones.”
- Inside jokes — “Our team mascot is a chili pepper 🌶️ — drop one in occasionally.”
Custom branding (Pro)
Display name — the name the bot uses when posting shoutouts (e.g., “People Team” instead of “Cake Day”). Leave blank to use the default. Company name — the name of your organization, used in anniversary messages so they can read naturally as “5 years at Acme!” instead of generic “5-year milestone”. Optional; leave blank to skip company references entirely. Only used in anniversary shoutouts — birthday messages never reference your company name. 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. The company name does appear in /cakeday test previews, since it’s part of the generated message text rather than the bot’s posting identity.
All three 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.
GIF pool mode
The mode toggle controls how Cake Day uses your custom GIFs:| Mode | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Mixed with defaults | Cake Day chooses from your custom GIFs and the curated default library. |
| Use only my GIFs | Cake 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.