PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY
Slack Low-Priority Ping Batcher with Scheduled Triage Window
Captures non-urgent Slack mentions and channel pings throughout the day, holds them in a queue.
How it runs
The automated pipeline, trigger to output.
- TriggerScheduled triage window fires
- ActionFetch mentions and channel pings since last runSlack
- LogicClassify urgent vs. low-priorityOpenAI
- ActionSummarize and group low-priority itemsOpenAI
- OutputPost batched digest to your Slack DMSlack
What it does
This workflow intercepts low-priority Slack notifications — channel mentions, FYIs, and threads where you are not directly asked to act — and parks them instead of pinging you live. At a scheduled time it posts one consolidated digest back to you in a DM, grouped by channel and sender, with a one-line summary and a direct jump link for each item.
When to use it
Use it when Slack is your single biggest source of shallow interruptions and you want to protect deep-work blocks without missing context. Ideal for ICs and managers who get tagged constantly but can safely batch most of it into a once- or twice-daily sweep.
How it works
- 1A scheduled trigger fires at your chosen triage time (for example 11:00 and 16:00).
- 2The flow pulls all mentions and tracked-channel messages received since the last run.
- 3A classifier separates genuine action requests and direct DMs (left alone, delivered live) from FYIs and low-priority pings.
- 4Low-priority items are summarized and grouped by channel and sender.
- 5The batched digest is posted to your Slack DM with permalinks, so you triage everything in one pass.
Set it up
What you configure once, before turning it on.
- 1Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
- 2Connect OpenAIModels, embeddings, files.
- 3Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
- 4Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
- 5Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.
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