💬 Productivity recipe
Your Daily Slack Summary, Delivered by Routines
Never miss important Slack conversations: a daily Slack summary of the key messages and threads, written for you.
The exact prompt
Paste this into a new routine.
Summarize today's activity in my key Slack channels. Pull out decisions made, questions directed at me or my team, and any thread I should read in full. Skip the chit-chat. Group it by channel, and flag anything that still needs a response from me before tomorrow.
Set the schedule. Keep the default 5:00 PM daily so you wrap the day caught up. cron: 0 17 * * *
Set it up
Step 02Connect Slack
One-click OAuth connects your workspace. Use the channel picker to scope what Routines can see.
Step 03Pick the Slack Digest recipe
Choose Slack Digest from the library, or paste the example prompt into a new routine.
Sample output
What a run looks like.
Saved to your local output history · stays on your Mac
Slack digest · 5:00 PM
Done
#product: beta date locked for Friday (decision).
#eng: a question for you about the notarization fix.
Needs a reply: 2 threads flagged before tomorrow.
- Who it's for
- Anyone on a busy Slack who can't read every channel but can't afford to miss the important threads.
- What lands in your morning
- An end-of-day catch-up on the channels that matter: the decisions, the questions aimed at you, and the threads worth opening, in one summary.
FAQ
Questions about this recipe.
Which Slack channels does the digest read?
Only the channels you scope with the channel picker, and only ones you're a member of. Per-user membership filtering keeps it out of channels you aren't in.
Does Routines post to Slack?
This recipe reads and summarizes. You can extend it to post the digest to a channel, since the Slack connector supports reading and posting.
Are my Slack tokens safe?
Yes. OAuth tokens are stored encrypted in local SQLite on your Mac and refresh silently, and no BinarCode server sits between you and Slack. The messages themselves go to the AI to be summarized, through Routines AI, which stores none of them, or straight to your provider on your own key.
Can I connect more than one workspace?
Yes. Connect multiple Slack workspaces and pick which one each routine uses.
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Run Slack Digest on your Mac.
Install Routines, paste the prompt, set the schedule. It runs locally and the output stays on your machine.
Step 01 · Install Routines. Download the DMG, drag to Applications, and sign in with Google once.