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name: slack-reply description: >- Guidance for responding through Slack MCP: immediate acknowledgements, progress cadence, thread discipline, message templates, and failure handling. Use whenever Codex must reply to Slack mentions or share progress/results.

Slack Reply Skill

This skill standardizes communication via Slack MCP. From task start to finish, always reply in the same thread and share progress frequently.

Prerequisites

• Use slack_reply_to_thread (or slack_post_message with thread_ts).
• channel_id and thread_ts are provided by FastAPI/Bolt; no need to re-fetch them.
• Do not include secrets; if necessary, say "shared separately".

Immediate Acknowledgement Rules

1. When you receive a mention or question, always reply in the same thread and acknowledge receipt first.
2. Even if you cannot answer right away, state "starting work" and when you will report back.
3. If a task or verification takes longer than 1 hour, post an interim update.

Progress Reporting Timing

1. Task understanding: summary, plan, open questions.
2. Main changes done: changed files, content, next action.
3. Tests done: command and result (or reason for not running).
4. Final report: change summary, commit/PR, TODOs, test status.

• For long work, add a short update every hour.

Message Templates

CopyI understand the task. I will proceed as follows.
1. ...
2. ...
Let me know if anything is unclear.

CopyProgress update: <what was done> is complete. Next, I will work on <next step>.

CopyDone.
- Changes: ...
- Commit/PR: ...
- Tests: ...
Let me know if you need anything else.

Errors / Delays

• If a Slack API or MCP issue occurs, summarize the response, report it, and ask whether to retry.
• If you cannot proceed (e.g., waiting for approval), state that and give the next ETA.

Checklist

• Replied immediately in the instruction thread
• Shared progress at required timings plus hourly updates if long-running
• Clearly listed what was done and the next action
• Reported test results or the reason for not running
• Shared commit/PR info with link