Does this skill require a direct Slack API connection?

No, the Knowledge Harvester operates on local transcript snapshot files stored as markdown, ensuring your data remains local and secure within your workflow.

How does the skill determine what information is worth keeping?

The skill applies a 'Durability Test,' specifically looking for information likely to be useful in two or more weeks, such as architecture decisions, terminology, or policy changes.

What kind of output does the Knowledge Harvester provide?

It generates a structured response containing a summary paragraph, a strategic significance explanation, a direct quote from the source, and full provenance metadata.

What are memory-hint tags used for?

Tags like 'person', 'project', 'glossary', and 'general' act as destination markers to help organize where the extracted information should be stored or promoted for long-term use.

Slack Knowledge Harvester

Name: Slack Knowledge Harvester
Author: jeremybrice

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Collaboration Tools

Extracts durable organizational knowledge, decisions, and technical context from local Slack transcript snapshots.

The Knowledge Harvester skill transforms ephemeral team chat into structured, durable documentation by analyzing local Slack transcript files. It acts as a bridge between high-velocity communication and long-term project memory, identifying key signals such as architectural decisions, policy changes, and terminology definitions while filtering out social chatter. By enforcing strict provenance requirements—including author attribution, timestamps, and direct quotes—the skill ensures that every piece of extracted knowledge is credible, traceable, and strategically significant for the entire development team.

Key Features

010 GitHub stars

02Filters out social chat, ephemeral status updates, and bot noise

03Preserves full provenance including author, channel ID, and timestamps

04Categorizes findings with memory-hint tags for projects, people, and glossaries

05Identifies high-value decisions, rationales, and technical context

06Assigns confidence levels based on explicit announcements or context

Use Cases

01Converting complex Slack brainstorming sessions into structured project milestone updates.

02Onboarding new team members by extracting historical technical context from channel archives.

03Building an internal project glossary and decision log from distributed team conversations.

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add jeremybrice/the-forge knowledge-harvester

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

Key Features

010 GitHub stars

02Filters out social chat, ephemeral status updates, and bot noise

03Preserves full provenance including author, channel ID, and timestamps

04Categorizes findings with memory-hint tags for projects, people, and glossaries

05Identifies high-value decisions, rationales, and technical context

06Assigns confidence levels based on explicit announcements or context

Use Cases

01Converting complex Slack brainstorming sessions into structured project milestone updates.

02Onboarding new team members by extracting historical technical context from channel archives.

03Building an internal project glossary and decision log from distributed team conversations.