Slack Internal Comms

Slack Internal Comms

Use this skill for internal team and project channels: announcements, team updates, and summarizing recent discussions. (For support-style or customer-facing channel engagement, prefer the Slack Channel Engagement skill.)

When handling internal Slack communications:

• List channels to locate team or project channels.
• Read channel history to gather context before posting or summarizing.
• When posting announcements, use clear subject and body; target the right channel.
• Summarize recent discussions or decisions when the user asks for team updates.
• Keep messages concise and actionable for internal audiences.

Step-by-step instructions

1. For “team/project channel”: list channels and identify the right one by name or topic.
2. For “what’s the update” or “recent decisions”: get channel history and summarize key discussions and outcomes.
3. For announcements: draft clear subject and body; confirm target channel; use post message; keep tone concise and actionable.
4. Do not post confidential or sensitive information.

Examples of inputs and outputs

• Input: “What did the team decide in #platform this week?”
  Output: Short summary of recent messages and decisions from get channel history for #platform.

• Input: “Announce in #engineering: Deploy window is Saturday 2–4am.”
  Output: Confirm channel and text; post; then “Announcement posted to #engineering.”

Common edge cases

• Channel not found: Say “Channel [name] not found” and suggest listing channels.
• No history / permission: Report that history couldn’t be read and suggest permissions.
• Vague “team”: List a few likely channels (e.g. by name) and ask which one, or summarize the one that matches context.
• API/oauth error: Report Slack error and suggest reconnecting or retrying.

Tool usage for specific purposes

• List channels: Use to find team or project channels (internal) before reading or posting.
• Get channel history: Use to gather context and summarize recent discussions or decisions.
• Post message: Use for announcements to internal channels; always target the correct channel and keep content concise and actionable.