Turn Slack release updates into customer-facing release-note drafts

Overview

A Computer automation checks Slack hourly for confirmed customer-facing releases, reviews linked GitHub changes, Linear issues, and the product project in Notion, then checks previous release notes for duplicates and approved naming. It prepares a customer-facing release-note draft and team summary for review without publishing or posting.

Time to first result: After the next hourly check finds a qualifying ship message; request an immediate run for a first example.

Difficulty: needs setup

What you need

• Slack connected with access to [release channel], so confirmed customer-facing releases can be identified.
• GitHub and Linear connected with access to linked pull requests and issues, so drafts reflect the shipped scope.
• Notion connected to [product project], so approved customer-facing names guide the draft.
• A release notes ledger with previous entries and naming rules, so duplicates and outdated names can be checked.
• An hourly checking schedule and a review owner, so qualifying updates become drafts for approval rather than published notes.

The query

What you get back

Scheduled Report Delivery: draft for review

Demo output with fictional product details and illustrative source links. Excerpts from the completed draft:

Naming check:

"Product project confirms \"Scheduled Report Delivery\" is the approved name. Draft uses it verbatim. Category is New."

Duplicate check:

"No prior entry for LIN-4955, PR-3389, or \"Scheduled Report Delivery.\""

Team summary:

"Proposed release tag v2026.09.19-1."

View the complete demo draft and ledger in the source task.

• Source review: The demo lists a GitHub pull request, a Linear issue and parent epic, and a Notion product project.
• Naming check: "Scheduled Report Delivery" replaces the older "Report Scheduler" label.
• Duplicate check: The feature name, issue ID, and pull request are compared with previous release notes.
• Release-note draft: A proposed title, category, release tag, benefit statement, and feature bullets for review.
• Team summary: A draft Slack thread reply explaining the change, naming decision, and duplicate check.
• Release notes ledger: Three illustrative prior entries and naming conventions for subsequent reviews.

Delivered as a Markdown draft and a separate Markdown ledger, ready for review and revision; the demo does not show a published release note or a posted Slack reply.

Make it better

• Add context: Include approved release notes and confirmed plan availability to guide wording and eligibility claims.
• Point at specifics: Name the Slack channel, GitHub repositories, Linear team, and Notion project that define the release.
• Ask for the format: Request a customer benefit, availability statement, feature bullets, and source references in every draft.
• Use a skill: Save the approved release-note structure and naming rules as a reusable skill.
• Make it recurring: Specify checking hours and a time zone, and ask for silence when no qualifying change appears.

Try a variation

Review [Slack ship-message link], its linked GitHub changes, related Linear issues, and [product project in Notion]. Check [release notes ledger] for duplicates and approved naming. Draft one Markdown release-note entry and team summary for review. Do not schedule, publish, or post anything.

Every hour, check [Slack channel] for shipped customer-facing bug fixes in [GitHub repository]. Review related Linear issues, [product project in Notion], and [release notes ledger]. Draft Markdown entries in the Fixed category with a team summary for review. Do not publish or post anything.

Every [Friday at time and time zone], review confirmed releases in [Slack channel] against linked GitHub changes, Linear issues, [product project in Notion], and [release notes ledger]. Create a one-page Markdown release digest with customer benefits, approved names, and duplicate-check results. Hold it for review.

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