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Slack Actions And Threads

Add To Relay​

Use Slack's message shortcut on a useful message and choose Add to Relay.

The modal lets you:

  • Attach the message thread to an existing initiative.
  • Create a new initiative from that message.

Relay ingests the selected message, thread replies, and attached files. Supported file extraction includes TXT, JSON transcripts, DOCX, PDF, XLSX, and PPTX.

Quality Report Buttons​

After /intake generate ENG-123, Relay posts a quality report to Slack when a channel is available.

  • Proceed queues product document generation.
  • Add More Context means you should add more source material, then run /intake generate ENG-123 again.

Some deployments may expose a generate-anyway action. It has the same effect as proceeding, but unresolved gaps are carried into the generated document.

Document-Readiness Threads​

When Relay detects material product-document gaps, it posts 2 to 5 targeted readiness questions.

Reply in the thread:

  • Reply without a prefix to answer the whole set.
  • Use Q1:, Q2:, or 1: style prefixes to answer a specific question.
  • Include multiple prefixed answers in one message when you want to answer several questions at once.

Relay records the answer as source material and refreshes the quality check.

Technical Discovery Threads​

After a document is approved, Relay opens a Slack thread for technical discovery when it knows which channel to use.

Reply directly in the thread. Relay can ask up to three rounds of questions. Longer, complete answers may close discovery automatically. If enough context exists before the cap is reached, run:

/intake discover-close ENG-123

Manual close preserves unanswered or unresolved items so task generation can still account for them.

App Mentions​

Mention Relay in Slack for quick initiative answers:

@relay ENG-123 status?
@relay ENG-123 document?
@relay ENG-123 context?

If you ask from a Slack thread already attached to Relay, Relay can infer the initiative from the thread. Otherwise, include the initiative ID.

Slack Home​

Open the Relay app Home tab in Slack to see:

  • Pending document approvals.
  • Setup nudges for GitHub and Linear.