Slack Curator
Turning “inspiration spam” into a weekly digest
A two-week internal tool that transformed a noisy "inspiration" Slack channel into a readable, prioritised weekly newsletter – so the best ideas didn’t disappear into the scroll.
At a glance
Client: Internal (Normally)
Format: 2-week design and build sprint
My role: product + prototyping lead
Team: 2 people (me + 1 creative technologist)
At a glance
Client: Internal (Normally)
Format: 2-week design and build sprint
My role: product + prototyping lead
Team: 2 people (me + 1 creative technologist)
The problem
Our team shared lots of valuable links, ideas, and inspiration in a Slack channel – but almost none of it was findable later. Great posts would get buried within hours, and “we should remember this” became “we won’t”.
The key insight – curation beats storage
We didn’t need a better archive. We needed a lightweight habit: a weekly moment where the best items were surfaced, conversations summarised, and made easy to skim.
What we designed and built
Capture pipeline that ingested posts from a Slack channel and pulled out the useful bits (links, text, attachments, conversation threads)
Ranking approach that used engagement signals (reactions, replies) to prioritise what mattered
Simple curation layer to group items into digestible sections (themes/categories)
Weekly newsletter sent by email as a “best of the week” summary
Outcomes
Turned a high-noise channel into a consistent "weekly digest” ritual
Reduced repeated “have we seen this before?” moments
Created an internal tool that shipped quickly because it solved a real, felt need – not a speculative one
What I learned
Internal tools don't always need to require your attention; they can often just sit in the background and proactively deliver value.
The fastest path to usefulness is often to start with the output format (the digest), then build backwards.
Engagement signals are a surprisingly good proxy for relevance – especially when time is tight.
If your team has internal workflows that are "obviously painful" but never get prioritised, let's chat about how a lightweight (AI) tool could make a big difference.