This skill provides guidance for effectively searching Slack to find messages, files, and information.
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Before installing skills in Cursor, ensure your development environment meets these requirements:
node --versionslack-searchExecute the skills CLI command in your project's root directory to begin installation:
Fetches slack-search from anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins and configures it for Cursor.
The CLI shows a list of agents. Use arrow keys and space to select Cursor:
Confirm successful installation by checking the skill directory location:
Restart Cursor to activate slack-search. Access via /slack-search in your agent's command palette.
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Create detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and feature specs
Example
Generate user stories for 'password reset feature' with acceptance criteria, edge cases, and test scenarios
Reduce spec writing time by 50%, ensure comprehensive coverage
Research competitors, compare features, identify gaps
Example
Analyze 5 competitor products, create feature comparison matrix, suggest differentiation opportunities
Complete competitive research in 2 hours instead of 2 days
Evaluate features using frameworks (RICE, ICE, Kano) and create prioritized backlogs
Example
Score 20 feature ideas using RICE framework, generate prioritized roadmap with rationale
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This skill provides guidance for effectively searching Slack to find messages, files, and information.
Apply this skill whenever you need to find information in Slack — including when a user asks you to locate messages, conversations, files, or people, or when you need to gather context before answering a question about what's happening in Slack.
| Tool | Use When |
|---|---|
slack_search_public |
Searching public channels only. Does not require user consent. |
slack_search_public_and_private |
Searching all channels including private, DMs, and group DMs. Requires user consent. |
slack_search_channels |
Finding channels by name or description. |
slack_search_users |
Finding people by name, email, or role. |
in:, from:, date ranges).project X deadline) — Best for finding specific, exact content.Don't rely on a single search. Break complex questions into smaller searches:
in:channel-name — Search within a specific channelin:<#C123456> — Search in channel by ID-in:channel-name — Exclude a channelin:<@U123456> — Search in DMs with a userfrom:<@U123456> — Messages from a specific user (by ID)from:username — Messages from a user (by Slack username)to:me — Messages sent directly to youis:thread — Only threaded messageshas:pin — Pinned messageshas:link — Messages containing linkshas:file — Messages with file attachmentshas::emoji: — Messages with a specific reactionbefore:YYYY-MM-DD — Messages before a dateafter:YYYY-MM-DD — Messages after a dateon:YYYY-MM-DD — Messages on a specific dateduring:month — Messages during a specific month (e.g., during:january)"exact phrase" — Match an exact phrase-word — Exclude messages containing a wordwild* — Wildcard matching (minimum 3 characters before *)To search for files, use the content_types="files" parameter with type filters:
type:images — Image filestype:documents — Document filestype:pdfs — PDF filestype:spreadsheets — Spreadsheet filestype:canvases — Slack CanvasesExample: content_types="files" type:pdfs budget after:2025-01-01
After finding relevant messages:
slack_read_thread to get the full thread context for any threaded message.slack_read_channel with oldest/latest timestamps to read surrounding messages for context.slack_read_user_profile to identify who a user is when their ID appears in results.AND, OR, NOT are not supported. Use spaces (implicit AND) and - for exclusion.().slack_read_channel for the most recent messages.slack_search_public_and_private when you need to include private channels, but note this requires user consent.Make data-driven prioritization decisions faster
Draft PRDs, status updates, and stakeholder presentations
Example
Create executive summary of Q3 roadmap, monthly progress report, feature launch announcement
Save 3-5 hours/week on communication overhead
Prerequisites
Time Estimate
30-60 minutes to see productivity improvements
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✓ Use when
Use for user story writing, competitive research, roadmap prioritization, stakeholder communication, and PRD drafting. Best for reducing repetitive documentation and research work.
✗ Avoid when
Avoid for strategic product vision (requires deep customer empathy), pricing decisions (needs market and financial expertise), or when face-to-face customer discovery is more valuable than speed.
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slack-search fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
Registry listing for slack-search matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.
Registry listing for slack-search matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.
slack-search reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.
slack-search is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
Useful defaults in slack-search — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
slack-search fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
slack-search is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
We added slack-search from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.
slack-search fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
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