slack-daily-digest

Slack Daily Digest

Use this skill to produce a daily digest of today's important Slack activity from selected channels or topics.

Start Here

• If the user did not name channels or topics, ask first before making any Slack tool calls.
• Do not guess the user's main or starred channels.

Workflow

1. Confirm channels or topic keywords.
2. Resolve the user's timezone with slack_read_user_profile. For "today," use local start-of-day through now and state that window in the digest.
3. Named channels: Resolve IDs through slack_search_channels, then call slack_read_channel for today's window with limit at 50 per channel.
4. Named topics: Use slack_search_public_and_private for each topic phrase. If channels were also provided, run one search per topic and channel with query set to <topic phrase> in:<#CHANNEL_ID> so the search stays inside the selected channels. If no channels were provided, set query to the topic phrase. Then read the returned channels with slack_read_channel or parent threads with slack_read_thread when a result looks important.
5. Prioritize decisions, blockers, incidents, asks, ownership changes, deadline changes, and status changes.
6. When a named channel was resolved to a channel ID, render that channel in the final digest as a Slack channel mention like <#CHANNEL_ID> instead of plain #channel-name, especially in Scope.
7. Read the full ## Formatting Rules section below.
8. If the user asked to post or send the digest in Slack, use ../slack-outgoing-message/SKILL.md and follow the user's explicit intent:
   • explicit send/post/share: write directly
   • explicit draft/review-first: create a draft
   • no Slack delivery request: return the digest in chat

Formatting Rules

• For a concise Slack or chat summary, you MUST use exactly this structure unless the user explicitly requests a different format.
• If you use ../slack-outgoing-message/SKILL.md to draft or send the final message, this output contract remains binding. The downstream skill does not relax or rename these sections.

**Daily Slack Digest - YYYY-MM-DD**
**Scope**
- <clickable channel mentions for resolved channels + topics + time window>
- <coverage note or omitted-channel caveat, if any>
 
**Summary**
<1-2 sentence summary of volume + key signals>
 
**Topic: <group 1>**
- ...
- ...

• Group the digest by topic or channel, whichever better matches the request.
• Use short group headers and keep each group to 1–3 bullets.
• Keep the digest compact; aim for 4–10 bullets total across all sections.
• Start each bullet with the key update, then add implication, owner, blocker, or action if relevant.
• If grouping by topic, include the channel when helpful.
• If grouping by channel, include the topic when helpful.
• For resolved channels, prefer Slack channel mentions like <#CHANNEL_ID> so the names are clickable. Use plain text only when you do not have a channel ID.
• Include Needs attention only for items requiring user action, decisions, or input.
• Include Notes for gaps, absences, sparse results, or caveats.