Chief of Slack

It's 2026. AI can write code, generate movies, and pass the bar exam. But when you open Slack, you still read every message one by one, jumping from thread to thread, DM to DM, in whatever order they came in. Sure, you could organize them into sections, add VIPs, add keyword alerts... but that's so 1995. Slack's own AI recap is somehow even more of a drag to read than the channels themselves.

I was totally fed up spending my time (and attention!) triaging my Slack and built this for myself. Many friends asked, so now it's also in the Chrome web store for you to enjoy!

This extension puts everything in one place and uses AI to understand context and tell you what things are about; and sort them by priority, before you open them. It's a Chief of Staff, for your Slack!

Every unread across your channels, DMs, and threads appears in a single list. DMs, mentions, thread replies and private channels shown at the top. Channel messages bundled at the bottom, organized into what's relevant to you, and noise.

You can navigate everything with your keyboard — think Superhuman, but for Slack! You can up-down, left-right to dig deeper into threads, react, mark read, save, everything. You can burn through 50 unreads in a minute without touching your mouse.

Bonus feature: Missing messages your boss or EM sent in channels you're not in? You can now stay on top of them!