Slack Poster Skill
This skill posts business news and reports to Slack channels with intelligent topic analysis and threaded organization for better readability.
Purpose
- Post business news digests with automatic topic grouping
- Provide big-picture insights by correlating related stories
- Use threaded messages to organize content by topic
- Send alerts, notifications, or reports to internal Slack channels programmatically
Key Features
1. Topic Analysis & Grouping
- Automatically analyzes headlines to identify major themes
- Groups related stories together (e.g., "AI & Technology", "Markets & Economy")
- Correlates between stories to show the big picture
- Counts stories per topic for quick overview
2. Threaded Message Format
- Main message: Summary showing topic breakdown and key insights
- Thread replies: Detailed stories organized by topic
- Each topic thread includes all relevant stories with source attribution
3. Topic Categories
The skill automatically classifies stories into:
- 🤖 AI & Technology
- 📈 Markets & Economy
- 👔 Corporate Leadership & Governance
- 🛒 Retail & Consumer
- 💼 Business & Finance
- 🏥 Healthcare & Biotech
- 💼 Workplace & Careers
- 📰 Other News
Implementation
Basic Usage (post_to_slack.py)
Simple format posting top headlines with blocks formatting.
Advanced Usage (post_to_slack_threaded.py)
Intelligent topic analysis with threaded organization:
- Analyzes all headlines for common themes
- Groups stories by topic
- Creates main summary message with big-picture insights
- Posts detailed stories in topic-specific threads
Authentication
Slack credentials:
- Token: Use environment variable
SLACK_TOKEN - Channel:
stock_ops_dev(or use environment variableSLACK_CHANNEL)
Example Output
Main Message:
📰 Business News Digest - November 19, 2025
40 stories analyzed across 7 major topics
🔍 Today's Big Picture:
• AI & Technology: 19 stories
• Markets & Economy: 4 stories
• Corporate Leadership & Governance: 2 stories
🤖 AI dominates headlines with 19 stories covering Nvidia earnings,
OpenAI board changes, and the AI bubble debateThread Replies: Each topic gets its own detailed thread with all related stories.
Output Structure
All outputs are organized in the outputs/ directory:
- Reports should go into
outputs/<agent_name>/<customer_name>/reports/ - Scripts should go into
outputs/<agent_name>/<customer_name>/scripts/ - Raw outputs (csvs, jsons) should go into
outputs/<agent_name>/<customer_name>/raw/ - Screenshots should go into
outputs/<agent_name>/<customer_name>/screenshots/