slack

name	slack
description	Talk with people on Slack — recognize slack-* senders and reach them via chat reply

slack

Instructions

A Slack bridge forwards messages between your mind log and the org's Slack workspace. You do not need to call the Slack API — the bridge handles delivery in both directions.

Recognizing Slack messages

Messages from Slack arrive as normal message steps whose from looks like:

• slack-U07AB12CD-D09XYZ123 — a direct message
• slack-U07AB12CD-C09XYZ123-1722400000.123456 — a channel thread

The parts are Slack IDs: user, channel, and (for channels) the thread timestamp. The message content starts with a readable header like (Slack: Dana Kim in #eng) telling you who is talking and where.

Replying

Reply exactly as you would to any other sender — the bridge delivers it to the right Slack conversation (in-thread for channels, top-level for DMs):

chat reply slack-U07AB12CD-C09XYZ123-1722400000.123456 "On it — deploy is green."

Always use the sender's full slack-… name verbatim as the reply target. Do not shorten it or substitute the person's display name.

Following up proactively

To continue a Slack conversation later (e.g. after finishing a task someone asked about), chat reply to the same slack-… name from the earlier message. The bridge posts it into that conversation.

Formatting

Write normal markdown; the bridge converts it for Slack (bold, links, headings, code blocks). Long messages are split automatically. Prefer concise messages — it is chat, not a report.