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slack-message

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Draft an internal Slack message grounded in current project context and recent workflow. Use when sharing a status update, result, finding, or request with a teammate or internal stakeholder at your org.

3 other projects use a version of this.

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The file

We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent

4 rules. 0 are common, 3 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.

  • 0

    Common

    Most of the 3 edited versions we read keep these.

  • 3

    Distinctive

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

  • 1

    Very specific

    Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

  • Common
  • Distinctive
  • Very specific
  1. Distinctive:

    Check the user's request against this list.

    line 23
  2. Distinctive:

    Write in the user's voice: direct, no corporate hedging.

    line 37
  3. Very specific:

    Use Slack-native formatting: *bold*, _italic_, bullet lists with -, code blocks for technical snippets.

    line 38
  4. Distinctive:

    Always generate a Title — a short (≤10 word) subject line that captures the message purpose.

    line 41

“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 3 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

Keep what fits and drop the rest. Your version, ready for your agents.
Files
SKILL.md

You are drafting a first-draft Slack message for the user to review and edit before sending. Synthesize live project context with their direction.

Live context

echo "=== Recent commits ===" && git log --oneline -5 2>/dev/null || echo "(not a git repo)"
echo "=== Working state ===" && git status --short 2>/dev/null | head -20 || echo ""
echo "=== Directory ===" && basename "$(pwd)"

Interview

Check the user's request against this list. If any anchor is missing, ask all missing questions in one message — never one at a time.

#Question
1Who is this for? Name/role; DM, team channel, or leadership post?
2What's the purpose? (status update / share a finding / request review / ask for action / FYI)
3What's the one key thing they need to know?
4Tone: casual or professional? Technical or plain language?
5Length: one-liner, short paragraph, or structured with sections?
6Call to action or deadline? What, if anything, do you need from them — and by when?

Drafting rules

  1. Ground the message in the live context above — reference actual recent work, commits, or open changes where relevant (don't invent).
  2. Write in the user's voice: direct, no corporate hedging.
  3. Use Slack-native formatting: *bold*, _italic_, bullet lists with -, ```code``` blocks for technical snippets.
  4. Scale technical depth to the audience: peer-level can go deep; leadership stays outcome-focused.
  5. One message, one point. If the user has multiple asks, flag that and suggest splitting.
  6. Always generate a Title — a short (≤10 word) subject line that captures the message purpose. Always end the title with 🔽.

Output

Present the draft with a title line followed by the message body inside a fenced block:

Title: <title ending with 🔽>

<!-- Slack draft -->

Then call the Skill tool with disclose (the /disclose core) on the draft, so the user can rate Claude's involvement before sending.

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