slack-notify

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Send daily report to Slack workspace via webhook or Bot API

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[Communication Tools]

When & Why to Use This Skill

The Slack Notify skill streamlines team communication by automating the delivery of formatted daily reports and metrics directly to Slack workspaces. It intelligently converts Markdown content into Slack's rich Block Kit format, ensuring that critical business data, GitHub updates, and project milestones are presented clearly and professionally via Webhooks or the Slack Bot API.

Use Cases

  • Automated Daily Reporting: Schedule and send daily business performance metrics or website traffic summaries to dedicated Slack channels to keep stakeholders informed.
  • Team Progress Synchronization: Post automated daily standup summaries or project progress reports to keep distributed teams aligned on goals and blockers.
  • Engineering & DevOps Updates: Push repository activity, commit summaries, or build status reports from Markdown files directly to engineering channels.
  • KPI & Metric Monitoring: Highlight key performance indicators and data tables in a structured, easy-to-read format for quick team review.
nameslack-notify
descriptionSend daily report to Slack workspace via webhook or Bot API

Slack Notify Skill

Sends the daily report to a Slack channel.

When to Use

Use this skill when you need to:

  • Send the generated daily report to Slack
  • Notify the team about daily metrics
  • Post formatted messages to a Slack channel

How to Use

# Send a markdown file to Slack
$CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR/skills/slack-notify/scripts/send-report.sh "/path/to/report.md"

# Send with custom channel (requires Bot Token)
$CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR/skills/slack-notify/scripts/send-report.sh "/path/to/report.md" "#daily-reports"

Arguments

  • report_file (required): Path to the markdown report file
  • channel (optional): Slack channel to post to (only works with Bot Token, not webhook)

Prerequisites

Choose one of these authentication methods:

Option 1: Webhook (Simpler)

  • SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL environment variable must be set
  • Create an Incoming Webhook at: https://api.slack.com/apps → Your App → Incoming Webhooks

Option 2: Bot Token (More features)

  • SLACK_BOT_TOKEN environment variable must be set (starts with xoxb-)
  • SLACK_CHANNEL_ID environment variable for default channel
  • Create a Slack App with chat:write scope

Output

Console output:

Sending daily report to Slack...
Report sent successfully!
Message timestamp: 1702656000.000000

Message Format

The script converts the markdown report to Slack Block Kit format:

  • Headers become bold section headers
  • Tables are preserved with code formatting
  • Lists are converted to bullet points
  • Key metrics are highlighted

Example Slack message:

📊 Daily Data Report - 2024-12-15

*GitHub Repository: vm0-ai/vm0*
• Stars: 1,234 (+12)
• Forks: 56 (+3)

*Website Traffic*
• Visitors: 500
• Pageviews: 1,200

*Code Changes*
• 5 commits by 2 authors
• +150 / -30 lines

📋 View full report: [link]

Error Handling

  • invalid_token: Check that SLACK_BOT_TOKEN or SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL is set correctly
  • channel_not_found: The channel doesn't exist or bot is not invited
  • missing_scope: The bot needs chat:write permission
  • rate_limited: Too many requests, the script will retry automatically