diff --git a/internal/delivery/dispatcher.go b/internal/delivery/dispatcher.go
index db91aa5..430b3ee 100644
--- a/internal/delivery/dispatcher.go
+++ b/internal/delivery/dispatcher.go
@@ -183,8 +183,13 @@ func (d *Dispatcher) DispatchReminder(ctx context.Context, pr PhrasedReminder, n
 		out = append(out, Dispatch{Sendable: s})
 	}
 	if d.cfg.Reminders != nil && len(out) > 0 {
-		if err := d.cfg.Reminders.MarkReminder(ctx, rd.Reminder.ID, "fired"); err != nil {
-			return out, fmt.Errorf("mark reminder fired: %w", err)
+		// ID=0 is a synthetic digest reminder; it's not in the DB so
+		// MarkReminder would fail with ErrReminderNotFound. The originals
+		// were already marked fired by collapseReminders in gather.go.
+		if rd.Reminder.ID != 0 {
+			if err := d.cfg.Reminders.MarkReminder(ctx, rd.Reminder.ID, "fired"); err != nil {
+				return out, fmt.Errorf("mark reminder fired: %w", err)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return out, nil
diff --git a/internal/loop/gather.go b/internal/loop/gather.go
index e3d259f..4e6ea7c 100644
--- a/internal/loop/gather.go
+++ b/internal/loop/gather.go
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ package loop
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
@@ -140,6 +143,10 @@ func (g *Gatherer) GatherState(ctx context.Context, now time.Time) (State, []sto
 	if err != nil {
 		return State{}, nil, err
 	}
+	due, err = collapseReminders(ctx, g.store, due)
+	if err != nil {
+		return State{}, nil, err
+	}
 
 	s := State{
 		Now:           now,
@@ -193,4 +200,56 @@ func readFact(ctx context.Context, s *store.Store, key string) (store.Fact, bool
 		return store.Fact{}, false
 	}
 	return f, true
+}
+
+// collapseReminders — when multiple reminders are due at once (e.g. after
+// the daemon was offline), collapse them into a single digest reminder to
+// avoid a burst of individual notifications. All original reminders are
+// marked as fired; the synthetic digest (ID=0) is what gets dispatched.
+// When 0 or 1 reminders are due, returns them unchanged.
+func collapseReminders(ctx context.Context, s *store.Store, due []store.Reminder) ([]store.Reminder, error) {
+	if len(due) <= 1 {
+		return due, nil
+	}
+	// Build a summary payload.
+	var items []string
+	earliest := due[0].FireTs
+	for _, r := range due {
+		// Each reminder's Payload is JSON. Try to extract a "text" field;
+		// fall back to the raw payload.
+		var parsed struct {
+			Text string `json:"text"`
+		}
+		if json.Unmarshal([]byte(r.Payload), &parsed) == nil && parsed.Text != "" {
+			items = append(items, parsed.Text)
+		} else {
+			items = append(items, r.Payload)
+		}
+		if r.FireTs.Before(earliest) {
+			earliest = r.FireTs
+		}
+	}
+	summary := fmt.Sprintf("You have %d pending reminders", len(due))
+	digestPayload, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
+		"text":  summary,
+		"items": items,
+	})
+
+	// Mark originals as fired so they won't re-fire on next tick.
+	for _, r := range due {
+		if err := s.MarkReminder(ctx, r.ID, "fired"); err != nil {
+			// Log and continue — one failure shouldn't block the digest.
+			// The next tick will re-gather and re-attempt.
+			log.Printf("gather: mark reminder %d fired: %v", r.ID, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Return a single synthetic digest reminder. ID=0 signals "digest" to
+	// the dispatcher (which skips MarkReminder for ID=0).
+	return []store.Reminder{{
+		ID:        0,
+		FireTs:    earliest,
+		Payload:   string(digestPayload),
+		Status:    "pending",
+	}}, nil
 }
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