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Slack Search skill
Runs by itself, every Friday.

Weekly decisions found and summarised.

Install the Slack Search skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/slackapi/slack-search.md

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  2. 2Paste into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor
  3. 3It runs by itself

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Slack Search

by slackapi · 3K installs

The skill

The slack search skill finds messages, files, channels and people across Slack with the search MCP tools, using modifiers such as in:, from: and before:, file-type filters and thread follow-ups, for anyone gathering Slack context.

Only when you ask.

The habit

Weekly decisions found and summarised.

↻ Runs by itselfevery Friday

How the habit works.
You don't have to.

Three questionsWhen does it start? How does it check its work? What does it remember?

01

It starts by itself

every Friday. Runs in Claude Code routine.

  • ↻ every Friday
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02

It checks its work

every item has thread. If a check fails, it tries again.

  • ✓every digest item links a message found by search
  • ✓each threaded hit was read with slack_read_thread
  • ✓no AND, OR, NOT or parentheses in queries
  • ✓only slack_search_public used unless consent was given

03

It remembers

covered threads log. The next run reads it first: threads already in earlier digests.

loops/slack-decision-digest-loop/log.md

One run, step by step.
Then it stops.

Stop ruleStops after one digest per run, with at most 20 results per search page.

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    Search broadly

    Your agent starts with a natural language question about this week's decisions.

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    Narrow down

    It adds in:channel-name and after:YYYY-MM-DD filters if results are too many.

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    Split searches

    It searches the topic, then people, then specific channels.

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    Read context

    It reads each thread with slack_read_thread and nearby messages with slack_read_channel.

  5. 05

    Write the digest

    It lists decisions and open questions with links and skips threads already covered.

What it may do.
Nothing more.

Safe by defaultIt writes only in its own folder and asks you before anything goes out.

Is it for you?
Use it when it fits.

Quick checkRead both lists. If the left one sounds like you, the Slack Search skill helps.

Use it when

  • ✓ finding a past decision in Slack
  • ✓ locating a shared file
  • ✓ gathering context before answering

Skip it when

  • – reading Slack platform docs
  • – sending a message

Questions

Slack Search skill, answered.

Does it read private channels?

Only with slack_search_public_and_private, which requires user consent.

Why might very new messages be missing?

Search is not real-time; slack_read_channel covers the latest messages.

How do I install the Slack Search skill?

Copy the prompt at the top into your agent. It installs the skill from slackapi/slack-skills-plugin and sets up the habit. Or run npx skills add slackapi/slack-skills-plugin --skill slack-search.

Is the Slack Search skill free?

Yes. It is published under MIT. Habit is free too.

Slack Search. Now as a habit.

Install the Slack Search skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/slackapi/slack-search.md

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Works in

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude app

Made by slackapi, published under MIT. Habit links to the original and never changes it. Is this your skill?

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