Slack Catch-Up Agent
Summarizes what you missed across your Slack channels overnight, ranked by what needs a reply.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
I can help summarize your messages. How many channels are you in, and which ones are the most important? Also, how long were you away — just a few hours or all day? And would you rather have everything, or just the stuff that needs a response? Let me know and I'll try to give you a quick summary of the main points.
CATCH-UP DIGEST (Today 9am-5pm) Ranked by: Your relevance + action needed 🔴 NEEDS A REPLY NOW: 1. engineering channel | 11:30am Alice: 'We need your approval on the DB migration plan by EOD.' Context: 3-thread discussion, folks debating two approaches → Jump to thread: link Time to read: 2 min 2. product-team channel | 2:15pm Bob: '@You — customer asking if we support feature X yet. Quick yes/no?' Context: Customer on sales call, answer needed in 30 min → Reply: 'Not yet, ETA is Aug 15. Tell them we can do workaround Y now.' Time to read: 1 min 🟡 HEADS UP (FYI, no action needed): 3. announcements | 1:00pm CEO: Q3 results posted, all-hands moved to Thu Context: Doesn't require response → Jump to thread: link 4. finance-random | 3:45pm Team celebrated: New customer deal signed Context: Celebration thread, fun to skim ⬜ MUTED / ARCHIVE SUGGESTION: → deploy-bot: 47 messages (all status updates, no human replies) → random-gifs: 12 messages (can read later if bored) → office-admin: 5 messages (catering order, not urgent) SUMMARY: 2 things need your input. Slack time to catch up: 5 minutes. The rest is FYI or noise.
About this skill
The Slack Catch-Up Agent reads the firehose so you don't have to. Point it at the channels you care about and it returns a short digest of what actually happened: decisions, questions aimed at you, and threads worth opening.
It ranks by relevance, not recency, so the message that needs your answer rises above the GIF threads and deploy bots. Each item links back so you can jump straight to the source and reply in context.
Run it after a focus block, a flight, or a day off and rejoin without scrolling through a thousand unreads.
Best for anyone on a busy Slack who loses real time just catching up.
SKILL.md preview
---
name: slack-catch-up-agent
description: Use this skill when a user has been away from Slack and wants a ranked digest of what they missed, prioritizing messages that need a reply over routine chatter.
version: 1.0.0
category: Productivity
author: AgentVolt
license: proprietary
tags:
- productivity
- slack
- summarization
- catch-up
- communication
---
# Slack Catch-Up Agent
Reads through the channels a user names and returns a short digest ranked by what needs attention, not by what arrived most recently.
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