pm-skills-slack-recap

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.