diff --git a/.github/scripts/docs-review-digest.js b/.github/scripts/docs-review-digest.js
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const REQUIRED_ENV = ["GITHUB_TOKEN", "GITHUB_REPOSITORY"];
+
+const READY_LABEL = process.env.READY_LABEL || "ready for review";
+const REVIEWED_LABEL = process.env.REVIEWED_LABEL || "✅ REVIEWED ✅";
+const CHANGES_NEEDED_LABEL = process.env.CHANGES_NEEDED_LABEL || "changes needed";
+const REVIEW_ACTIVITY_WINDOW_HOURS = Number(process.env.REVIEW_ACTIVITY_WINDOW_HOURS || "48");
+
+function requireEnv() {
+  for (const key of REQUIRED_ENV) {
+    if (!process.env[key]) {
+      console.error(`Missing required env var: ${key}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function daysBetween(startDate, endDate) {
+  const msPerDay = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+  return Math.floor((endDate.getTime() - startDate.getTime()) / msPerDay);
+}
+
+function hoursBetween(startDate, endDate) {
+  const msPerHour = 60 * 60 * 1000;
+  return Math.floor((endDate.getTime() - startDate.getTime()) / msPerHour);
+}
+
+function hasLabel(pr, labelName) {
+  return pr.labels.nodes.some((label) => label.name === labelName);
+}
+
+function latestReviewDate(pr) {
+  const reviewDates = pr.reviews.nodes.map((review) => new Date(review.submittedAt));
+  const commentDates = pr.reviewThreads.nodes.flatMap((thread) =>
+    thread.comments.nodes.map((comment) => new Date(comment.createdAt))
+  );
+
+  const allDates = [...reviewDates, ...commentDates].filter((date) => !Number.isNaN(date.getTime()));
+
+  if (allDates.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return new Date(Math.max(...allDates.map((date) => date.getTime())));
+}
+
+function hasApproval(pr) {
+  return pr.reviews.nodes.some((review) => review.state === "APPROVED");
+}
+
+function bucketForAge(daysReady) {
+  if (daysReady >= 14) {
+    return "very_stale";
+  }
+
+  if (daysReady >= 7) {
+    return "stale";
+  }
+
+  if (daysReady >= 5) {
+    return "needs_attention";
+  }
+
+  if (daysReady >= 3) {
+    return "coming_up";
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+async function githubGraphql(query, variables) {
+  const response = await fetch("https://api.github.com/graphql", {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: {
+      Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}`,
+      "Content-Type": "application/json",
+      "User-Agent": "docs-review-digest"
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ query, variables })
+  });
+
+  const body = await response.json();
+
+  if (!response.ok || body.errors) {
+    throw new Error(`GitHub GraphQL query failed: ${JSON.stringify(body, null, 2)}`);
+  }
+
+  return body.data;
+}
+
+async function fetchOpenPullRequests(owner, repo) {
+  const query = `
+    query($owner: String!, $repo: String!, $cursor: String) {
+      repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) {
+        pullRequests(
+          states: OPEN
+          first: 50
+          after: $cursor
+          orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC }
+        ) {
+          pageInfo {
+            hasNextPage
+            endCursor
+          }
+          nodes {
+            number
+            title
+            url
+            author {
+              login
+            }
+            createdAt
+            isDraft
+            labels(first: 20) {
+              nodes {
+                name
+              }
+            }
+            reviewRequests(first: 20) {
+              nodes {
+                requestedReviewer {
+                  ... on User {
+                    login
+                  }
+                  ... on Team {
+                    name
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+            reviews(first: 50, states: [APPROVED, CHANGES_REQUESTED, COMMENTED], author: null) {
+              nodes {
+                state
+                submittedAt
+                author {
+                  login
+                }
+              }
+            }
+            reviewThreads(first: 50) {
+              nodes {
+                comments(first: 20) {
+                  nodes {
+                    createdAt
+                    author {
+                      login
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+            timelineItems(first: 100, itemTypes: [LABELED_EVENT]) {
+              nodes {
+                ... on LabeledEvent {
+                  createdAt
+                  label {
+                    name
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  `;
+
+  const prs = [];
+  let cursor = null;
+
+  do {
+    const data = await githubGraphql(query, { owner, repo, cursor });
+    const page = data.repository.pullRequests;
+
+    prs.push(...page.nodes);
+
+    cursor = page.pageInfo.hasNextPage ? page.pageInfo.endCursor : null;
+  } while (cursor);
+
+  return prs;
+}
+
+function getReadyForReviewDate(pr) {
+  const readyLabelEvents = pr.timelineItems.nodes
+    .filter((item) => item.label?.name === READY_LABEL)
+    .map((item) => new Date(item.createdAt))
+    .filter((date) => !Number.isNaN(date.getTime()));
+
+  if (readyLabelEvents.length === 0) {
+    return new Date(pr.createdAt);
+  }
+
+  return new Date(Math.max(...readyLabelEvents.map((date) => date.getTime())));
+}
+
+function mapReviewerNames(pr) {
+  const reviewers = pr.reviewRequests.nodes
+    .map((request) => request.requestedReviewer?.login || request.requestedReviewer?.name)
+    .filter(Boolean);
+
+  return reviewers.length > 0 ? reviewers : ["Unassigned"];
+}
+
+function buildDigest(prs) {
+  const now = new Date();
+
+  const digest = {
+    source: "github",
+    repository: process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY,
+    queried_at: now.toISOString(),
+    criteria: {
+      ready_label: READY_LABEL,
+      reviewed_label: REVIEWED_LABEL,
+      changes_needed_label: CHANGES_NEEDED_LABEL,
+      review_activity_window_hours: REVIEW_ACTIVITY_WINDOW_HOURS
+    },
+    total_count: 0,
+    buckets: {
+      coming_up: [],
+      needs_attention: [],
+      stale: [],
+      very_stale: []
+    }
+  };
+
+  for (const pr of prs) {
+    if (pr.isDraft) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (!hasLabel(pr, READY_LABEL)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (hasLabel(pr, REVIEWED_LABEL)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (hasApproval(pr)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const latestReview = latestReviewDate(pr);
+    if (latestReview) {
+      const hoursSinceReview = hoursBetween(latestReview, now);
+
+      if (hoursSinceReview < REVIEW_ACTIVITY_WINDOW_HOURS) {
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
+
+    const readyForReviewAt = getReadyForReviewDate(pr);
+    const daysReady = daysBetween(readyForReviewAt, now);
+    const bucket = bucketForAge(daysReady);
+
+    if (!bucket) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const item = {
+      number: pr.number,
+      title: pr.title,
+      url: pr.url,
+      author: pr.author?.login || "unknown",
+      reviewers: mapReviewerNames(pr),
+      ready_for_review_at: readyForReviewAt.toISOString(),
+      days_ready: daysReady,
+      latest_review_activity_at: latestReview ? latestReview.toISOString() : null,
+      labels: pr.labels.nodes.map((label) => label.name)
+    };
+
+    digest.buckets[bucket].push(item);
+    digest.total_count += 1;
+  }
+
+  return digest;
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  requireEnv();
+
+  const [owner, repo] = process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY.split("/");
+
+  if (!owner || !repo) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid GITHUB_REPOSITORY value: ${process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY}`);
+  }
+
+  const prs = await fetchOpenPullRequests(owner, repo);
+  const digest = buildDigest(prs);
+
+  console.log(JSON.stringify(digest, null, 2));
+}
+
+main().catch((error) => {
+  console.error("Failed to build docs review digest.");
+  console.error(error);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
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diff --git a/.github/scripts/render-docs-review-digest.js b/.github/scripts/render-docs-review-digest.js
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const fs = require("fs");
+
+const inputFile = process.env.DIGEST_FILE;
+const outputFile = process.env.SLACK_MESSAGE_FILE;
+
+if (!inputFile) {
+  console.error("Missing DIGEST_FILE.");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+if (!outputFile) {
+  console.error("Missing SLACK_MESSAGE_FILE.");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const digest = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(inputFile, "utf8"));
+
+const bucketLabels = [
+  ["needs_attention", "Needs attention, 5-6 days"],
+  ["stale", "Stale, 7-13 days"],
+  ["very_stale", "Very stale, 14+ days"],
+  ["coming_up", "Coming up, 3-4 days"],
+];
+
+function pluralize(count, singular, plural = `${singular}s`) {
+  return count === 1 ? singular : plural;
+}
+
+function formatReviewers(reviewers) {
+  if (!reviewers || reviewers.length === 0) {
+    return "No requested reviewers";
+  }
+
+  return reviewers.join(", ");
+}
+
+function formatPr(pr) {
+  const latestActivity = pr.latest_review_activity_at
+    ? `Latest review activity: ${pr.latest_review_activity_at}`
+    : "No recorded review activity";
+
+  return [
+    `• <${pr.url}|#${pr.number} ${pr.title}>`,
+    `  Author: ${pr.author}`,
+    `  Reviewers: ${formatReviewers(pr.reviewers)}`,
+    `  Ready for review: ${pr.days_ready} ${pluralize(pr.days_ready, "day")}`,
+    `  ${latestActivity}`,
+  ].join("\n");
+}
+
+const lines = [];
+
+lines.push("🔔 *Dinner Bell: Docs PRs waiting for review*");
+lines.push("");
+lines.push(
+  "These PRs are labeled `ready for review` and do not appear to have approval or recent review activity."
+);
+lines.push("");
+lines.push(
+  "Please review, approve, or comment with blockers. If these PRs should not move forward, please say so in the PR so docs can close the loop."
+);
+lines.push("");
+lines.push(`Total waiting: ${digest.total_count}`);
+
+for (const [bucketKey, bucketTitle] of bucketLabels) {
+  const prs = digest.buckets[bucketKey] || [];
+
+  if (prs.length === 0) {
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  lines.push("");
+  lines.push(`*${bucketTitle}*`);
+  lines.push("");
+
+  for (const pr of prs) {
+    lines.push(formatPr(pr));
+    lines.push("");
+  }
+}
+
+if (digest.total_count === 0) {
+  lines.push("");
+  lines.push("No docs PRs need review right now.");
+}
+
+fs.writeFileSync(outputFile, `${lines.join("\n").trim()}\n`);
+console.log(`Wrote Slack message to ${outputFile}`);
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/status-digest.yaml b/.github/workflows/status-digest.yaml
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+name: Dinner Bell
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      post_to_slack:
+        description: "Post the digest to Slack"
+        required: false
+        default: "false"
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - "true"
+          - "false"
+
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - ".github/workflows/status-digest.yaml"
+      - ".github/scripts/docs-review-digest.js"
+      - ".github/scripts/render-docs-review-digest.js"
+
+  # schedule:
+  #   # 10:00 AM Eastern during daylight saving time.
+  #   # GitHub cron uses UTC.
+  #   - cron: "0 14 * * 1-5"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: read
+  issues: read
+
+jobs:
+  docs-review-digest:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out docs repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: "24"
+
+      - name: Build docs review digest
+        run: node .github/scripts/docs-review-digest.js > ${{ runner.temp }}/docs-review-digest.json
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+          READY_LABEL: "ready for review"
+          REVIEWED_LABEL: "✅ REVIEWED ✅"
+          CHANGES_NEEDED_LABEL: "changes needed"
+          REVIEW_ACTIVITY_WINDOW_HOURS: "48"
+
+      - name: Show digest summary
+        run: |
+          echo "Digest file created:"
+          ls -lh ${{ runner.temp }}/docs-review-digest.json
+          echo "Digest summary:"
+          node -e "const fs=require('fs'); const d=JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.env.DIGEST_FILE,'utf8')); console.log('Total PRs:', d.total_count); console.log('3-4 days:', d.buckets.coming_up.length); console.log('5-6 days:', d.buckets.needs_attention.length); console.log('7-13 days:', d.buckets.stale.length); console.log('14+ days:', d.buckets.very_stale.length);"
+        env:
+          DIGEST_FILE: ${{ runner.temp }}/docs-review-digest.json
+
+      - name: Upload digest artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+        with:
+          name: docs-review-digest
+          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/docs-review-digest.json
+          retention-days: 7
+
+      - name: Render Slack digest message
+        run: node .github/scripts/render-docs-review-digest.js
+        env:
+          DIGEST_FILE: ${{ runner.temp }}/docs-review-digest.json
+          SLACK_MESSAGE_FILE: ${{ runner.temp }}/docs-review-digest-slack.txt
+
+      - name: Upload Slack digest artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+        with:
+          name: docs-review-digest-slack
+          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/docs-review-digest-slack.txt
+          retention-days: 7
+
+      - name: Post Slack digest
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.post_to_slack == 'true' }}
+        env:
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+          SLACK_MESSAGE_FILE: ${{ runner.temp }}/docs-review-digest-slack.txt
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "$SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL" ]; then
+            echo "Missing SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          MESSAGE="$(cat "$SLACK_MESSAGE_FILE")"
+
+          curl -X POST \
+            -H "Content-type: application/json" \
+            --data "$(jq -n --arg text "$MESSAGE" '{text: $text}')" \
+            "$SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL"
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