npx skills add ...
npx skills add everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin --skill ce-slack-research
Search Slack for interpreted organizational context -- decisions, constraints, and discussion arcs -- and produce a synthesized research digest with cross-cutting analysis. Use when the user says 'search slack for', 'what did we discuss about', 'slack context for', or 'what does the team think about'. Differs from slack:find-discussions, which returns raw message results without synthesis.
npx skills add everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin --skill ce-slack-research
Search Slack for organizational context and receive an interpreted research digest.
The input can be a keyword, a natural language question, or include Slack search modifiers like channel hints (in:#channel) and date filters (after:YYYY-MM-DD). The agent extracts the topic and formulates searches from whatever form the input takes.
If no argument is provided, ask what topic to research. Use the platform's blocking question tool: AskUserQuestion in Claude Code (call ToolSearch with select:AskUserQuestion first if its schema isn't loaded), request_user_input in Codex, ask_user in Gemini, ask_user in Pi (requires the pi-ask-user extension). Fall back to asking in plain text only when no blocking tool exists in the harness or the call errors (e.g., Codex edit modes) — not because a schema load is required. Never silently skip the question.
Dispatch ce-slack-researcher with the user's topic as the task prompt. Omit the mode parameter so the user's configured permission settings apply.
The agent handles everything from here -- Slack MCP discovery, search execution, thread reads, and synthesis. It returns a digest with:
If the agent reports that Slack is unavailable (MCP not connected or auth expired), relay the message to the user. Do not attempt alternative research methods.