Catch Up on Slack Since Yesterday
For the day after a day off. DuckyHelper reads your channels through Slack's own web API, skips the chatter, and gives you a short recap per channel, with every mention of you and every decision pulled to the top.
“Catch me up on Slack since yesterday, mentions first.”
- 01Turn Slack's own requests into an APIIt watches Slack's own requests once and saves them as actions. Kept on your device.
listChannels()getHistory(channel, since)getReplies(thread)
- 02Read every channel you're in since yesterday, all at once
- 03Open the threads where something was decided
- 04Put your mentions and anything urgent first
- 05Write the recap with a link to each thread
You getCaught up before your coffee cools. One short recap, sorted by what needs you. Click any line to land on the thread. It knows Slack now, so tomorrow's catch-up is near instant.
A run, drawn from this page · early access on Mac
Nothing to send, so it runs straight through.
Nothing in this job sends a message or pays for anything, so it works through to the end and tells you when it's done. If a step ever would, it's built to stop and ask you first.
If it hits a sign-in, you sign in yourself. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers.
Do it once. Then let it repeat.
When it's done, it offers to keep doing it: every weekday at 8:00 AM. Each run goes through the API it learned the first time, so it's quick, and it's still built to ask before it sends or pays.
Always-on automations are in early access on Mac.
Before you ask it.
What do I say?
Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud, in your own words, like "Catch me up on Slack since yesterday, mentions first."
Why is the second time faster?
The first time, it writes small JavaScript tools for Slack and builds an API from each site's own buttons, forms and requests. After that it calls them directly, so the job runs in one go instead of click by click. It costs less and breaks less.
Will it send anything without me?
It's built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything, and to wait for your yes. It may not recognize every send or payment, so keep an eye on tasks that involve messages or money. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers: you sign in yourself, and it picks up from there.
Why not just do it by hand?
Catching up means opening every channel and scrolling until it looks familiar. Decisions hide in threads, and mentions get buried.
Can it keep doing this on its own?
Yes. When it's done it offers to make it automatic (every weekday at 8:00 AM). Each run goes the same way and is still built to ask before it sends or pays.
Can I use this today?
Doing jobs in your apps is in early access on Mac. Talking to DuckyHelper, and having it see your screen and draw on it, works today on Mac, Windows and Linux.
- Early access
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Do anything
Ask it a question or hand it a job, in any app.
Doing jobs for you is in early access on Mac. Asking works on Mac, Windows and Linux.