Slack Link Context

SkillCommunication

Fetch Slack message context. Use immediately whenever Joel pastes a Slack message permalink (`*.slack.com/archives/<channel>/p<timestamp>`), drops a bare Slack link, or asks what a Slack link says. The first action is always `jc-slack context '<url>'`.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use the Slack Link Context skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by joelhooks/joelclaw in skills/slack-link/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

A Slack message permalink in Joel's prompt is executable context.

Procedure

  1. Run this before reasoning, summarizing, or asking questions:

    jc-slack context '<permalink>'
    
  2. Use the returned bounded JSON as the source.

  3. If Joel pasted only the link, report the message, useful thread context, and likely request.

  4. If the message contains a work request, follow Joel's prompt and fleet work-tagging rules.

  5. If Joel explicitly asks to reply, post, send, or respond in that Slack thread:

    • write the exact reply to a temporary text file
    • run jc-slack reply '<permalink>' --text-file <path> to get the approval-bound preview
    • after Joel approves that preview, run its exact next_actions[0].command; it carries the text hash, stable request ID, and --confirm-send
    • report the returned gateway flow and Slack message receipt

Without explicit send approval, draft the reply and stop. Do not turn a direct send request into “paste-ready text” for Joel to shuttle manually.

Rules

  • Do not ask Joel to paste the Slack text.
  • Do not open Slack in a browser.
  • Do not call Slack with curl.
  • Do not lease or print a Slack token. jc-slack owns authentication.
  • jc-slack context is read-only. Do not react or post unless Joel's request or fleet rules require it.
  • jc-slack reply previews by default. Send only with the exact confirmation command from that preview; it uses the single gateway transport.
  • Never claim Slack posting is impossible before checking jc-slack reply --help.
  • If jc-slack is absent or cannot run, report that exact capability gap. Do not call the link unreadable.

Signals

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Last commit
Sep 2026

ahel review

  • S4info
    community integration, published by joelhooks, not slack

Automated review, not a security audit. Ruleset v1+k2.

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Item type
skill
Key
slack-link
Source
github.com/joelhooks/joelclaw