slack-notification-triage

Slack Notification Triage

Use this skill to produce a priority queue or task list for the user from recent Slack messages. It is for surfacing what the user likely needs to read, reply to, or do next.

Start Here

• If the user provided a time window, use it. For requests like "today" or "this morning," resolve the user's timezone with slack_read_user_profile.
• Treat this as best-effort triage over recent Slack activity, not an exact unread or notification-state view.

Workflow

1. Treat this as personal triage for the user. Focus on messages directed at the user, messages likely needing a reply, and messages that create a concrete follow-up or task for the user.
2. Resolve the current user with slack_read_user_profile so you have the user's Slack ID for mention-based searches.
3. If the user provided channel names, DMs, people, or topic keywords, use that scope.
4. Named channels: Resolve IDs through slack_search_channels, then call slack_read_channel with limit at 100 per channel.
5. Named people or DMs: Resolve people through slack_search_users, then use slack_search_public_and_private with several small searches using filters from:<@USER_ID>, to:<@USER_ID>, or in:<@USER_ID> to surface relevant DM or person-specific activity.
6. Named topics: Use slack_search_public_and_private, and if channels were also provided, keep the search inside those channels.
7. No explicit scope: Search in this order:
   • unanswered direct conversations: run slack_search_public_and_private over channel_types="im", paging until you have a reasonable set of unique conversations, then dedupe and expand promising DMs with slack_read_channel
   • unanswered group DMs: repeat over channel_types="mpim", again preferring unique conversations over repeated hits from one chat
   • direct mentions: slack_search_public_and_private with query set to <@USER_ID>
   • threads with prior user participation: slack_search_public_and_private with query set to from:<@USER_ID> is:thread, then slack_read_thread
   • threads with prior user mention: slack_search_public_and_private with query set to <@USER_ID> is:thread, then slack_read_thread
8. Use slack_read_thread when the thread could hold more necessary context.
9. Prioritize messages that likely need a reply or could create a concrete follow-up or task for the user. Explicit asks, review or approval requests, blockers, and bumps should rank above casual questions, FYIs, or repeated snippets from the same conversation.
10. Read the full ## Formatting Rules section below.
11. Before sending the final answer, map the findings into the exact structure in Formatting Rules. Do not invent alternate section names or top-level layouts.
12. If the user also asked to draft or send follow-ups from the triage results, use ../slack-outgoing-message/SKILL.md and align with the explicit intent:

• explicit send/post/reply: write directly
• explicit draft/review-first: draft
• otherwise keep this skill analysis-only

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.

**Slack Notification Triage - YYYY-MM-DD**
**Overview**
<1-2 sentence summary of what the user most likely needs to read, reply to, or do next>
 
**Tasks for you**
- ...
 
**Worth skimming**
- ...
 
**Can ignore for now**
- ...
 

• Keep the triage compact; aim for 3–15 bullets total across all sections.
• Treat Tasks for you as the primary section whenever the triage is meant to produce a personal todo list.
• Include Can ignore for now only when the user explicitly asked to filter tasks.
• Start each bullet with the key update, then add the action the user may need to take.
• Preserve exact channel names and mention DMs explicitly.
• Use Notes for coverage limits or sparse results.