| name | pm-skills:slack-recap |
| description | Prioritize Slack catch-up into urgent items, action needed, review threads, and FYIs after PTO, deep work, or missed messages. |
Purpose
Help a PM catch up on Slack by separating urgent items from useful background noise.
When to use
- After travel or PTO
- After a day of deep work
- Before a weekly planning pass
Inputs
- Optional time period
- Optional channels, people, or topics to prioritize
- Optional source material, such as pasted threads, message exports, or channel summaries
- Local context from
~/.config/pm-skills/config.yml or ~/.pm-skills/config.yml when available
Instructions
- Use local context only for defaults like role, team, product area, and timezone. Do not treat it as message evidence.
- Default to the last 7 days unless the user specifies otherwise.
- Preferred tool: Slack.
- Use Slack when connected; otherwise ask the user to paste or export the relevant messages.
- Use multiple searches to gather high-signal messages:
- mentions of the user
- urgency keywords
- messages from the user that now have replies or strong reaction activity
- messages from configured stakeholders or key channels
- Deduplicate results before scoring them.
- Score messages into four sections: urgent, action needed, for review, and FYI.
- Never invent messages, people, permalinks, or timestamps.
- Keep the output scannable, prioritized, and Slack-ready.
- Follow
examples/output.md as the canonical output template.
- Match its title format, section headings, numbered list style, and bold-first-sentence item pattern.
- Include only sections with useful items.
- Use numbered lists.
- Start each item with a bold, concrete first sentence on the same line as the supporting detail.
- Max 5 items per section.
- Keep the full answer to 300 words or less.
- If nothing actionable is found, say so briefly instead of adding empty sections.
Output
A prioritized Slack recap grouped by the useful sections found: urgent items, action items, review items, and FYIs.
Examples
Use examples/output.md as the formatting source of truth.
