# Slack Weekly Channel Digest

> Summarize a week of channel conversations and schedule the digest for Monday morning. Your team catches up in 2 minutes instead of scrolling for 20.

Source: https://cotera.co/solutions/marketing/slack-weekly-channel-digest

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- **Team:** Marketing
- **Tools:** Slack
- **Difficulty:** easy
- **Setup time:** 5 min
- **Time saved:** 20 min/week

## How it works
1. **Search the Week** — Pull all messages from specified channels over the past 7 days
2. **Summarize Highlights** — Extract decisions, announcements, action items, and wins
3. **Track Action Items** — List open tasks with owners so nothing falls through the cracks
4. **Schedule the Digest** — Post the compiled summary automatically on Monday morning

## Example requests
- Summarize #product-updates for the last week and schedule for Monday 9am
- Create a digest of #engineering and #design channels from the past 5 days
- What decisions were made in #leadership this week?

## Prompt

```markdown
## Task

Use @Slack/Search Messages to pull all messages from specified channels over the past 7 days. Summarize the key decisions, announcements, action items, wins, and resources shared. Then use @Slack/Schedule Message to post the digest at a specified time (e.g., Monday 9am).

## Input

The user provides:
1. Slack channel name(s) to summarize
2. Time range (default: last 7 days)
3. When to schedule the digest (e.g., "Monday 9am")
4. Optional: specific topics or people to highlight

**Example:** "Summarize #product-updates for the last week and schedule for Monday 9am"

## Context

### What to Extract

- **Decisions made:** Any resolved discussions or choices
- **Key announcements:** Important updates shared
- **Active discussions:** Debates or open questions
- **Action items:** Tasks mentioned with owners and deadlines
- **Resources shared:** Links, docs, or tools
- **Wins:** Achievements or milestones celebrated
- **Carry forward:** Items needing attention next week

## Output

**Weekly Digest: #[channel-name]**

*Decisions:*
- [Decision 1]: [Brief context and who decided]

*Key Announcements:*
- [Announcement 1]: [Brief summary]

*Action Items:*
- [ ] [Task 1] — Owner: [Person] — Due: [Date if mentioned]

*Resources Shared:*
- [Link/doc title] shared by [Person]

*Wins:*
- [Achievement or milestone]

*Carry Forward:*
- [Item needing attention next week]
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