Slack Notify

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