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Joelclaw egghead-slack

Joel's private egghead.io Slack integration — channel taxonomy, token config, passive monitoring, and message intelligence pipeline.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/joelhooks/joelclaw
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/joelhooks/joelclaw "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/egghead-slack" ~/.claude/skills/joelhooks-joelclaw-egghead-slack && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/egghead-slack/SKILL.md
source content

egghead Slack Intelligence

Joel's private intelligence layer over the egghead.io Slack workspace. Joel-only — never participates in channels, never replies to anyone but Joel, never surfaces private data publicly.

Tokens

Three tokens in agent-secrets (values unchanged across scope updates):

SecretTypePurpose
slack_bot_token
xoxb-*
Bot: Socket Mode, send DMs to Joel, reactions
slack_app_token
xapp-*
Socket Mode WebSocket connection
slack_user_token
xoxp-*
User: read all channels, DMs, files, search

User Token Scopes (current)

admin
, 
identify
, 
channels:history
, 
channels:read
, 
groups:history
, 
groups:read
, 
im:history
, 
im:read
, 
mpim:history
, 
users:read
, 
users:read.email
, 
chat:write
, 
canvases:read
, 
canvases:write
, 
files:read
, 
search:read
, 
search:read.public
, 
search:read.private
, 
search:read.mpim
, 
search:read.im
, 
search:read.files
, 
search:read.users

Bot Token Scopes

files:read
, 
files:write
, 
remote_files:read
, 
remote_files:share
, 
remote_files:write
, 
search:read.files
, 
users.profile:read
, 
chat:write
, 
channels:history
, 
channels:read
, 
groups:history
, 
groups:read
, 
im:history
, 
im:read
, 
mpim:history
, 
reactions:write
, 
app_mentions:read
, 
connections:write

Workspace IDs

All Slack IDs stored here (private skill, NOT in any git repo):

  • Workspace: egghead.io (
    T030CS0QL
    )
  • Joel user: 
    U030BJ3CK
  • Bot user: 
    U0AGRUMQXPF
    (joelclaw bot)
  • Joel DM channel: 
    D0AHPM2NPJL

VIP DM Channels

PersonUser IDDM ChannelNotes
Kent C. Dodds
U030CU0CN
D030BJ3D1
MEGA instructor, EpicWeb
Grzegorz Róg
U03G1P81FBJ
D098ZQELPLM
Slack Connect, MEGA producer
Matt Pocock
U0211NP2ZN1
(lookup needed)Total TypeScript, AI Hero
John Lindquist
U030CS0R0
(lookup needed)egghead cofounder, Script Kit

22 external Slack Connect DMs total. Notable external users discovered: Tony Holdstock-Brown, Antonio Erdeljac, Sean Grove, Dave Kiss, Charly Poly, Matthew Rathbone, Janelle Allen, Justin Gordon

Channel Taxonomy

729 channels total. Canonical ID→name mapping: 

~/Vault/Resources/slack/channels.json
(729 entries, pulled 2026-02-26).

Prefix-based auto-categorization:

PrefixCategoryCount (approx)Description
lc-*
Launch Control~50Course launch channels
cc-*
Creator Channel~2001:1 with creators/instructors
dd-*
Ding Ding~15Revenue reporting (mostly noise)
brain-*
Brain3Team thinking/strategy spaces
project-*
Projects~15Active project channels
*-chat
LegacymanyLegacy individual chats
sp-*
Sales/PartnerfewSales partner channels
pm-*
Product MgmtfewProduct management
skill-*
SkillfewSkill Recordings ops
egghead-*
egghead OpsseveralVarious egghead channels

Priority Channels (ADR-0131)

High (cc-/lc- with Contact materialization):

  • cc-matt-p
    (
    C0211NSK3TP
    ) — Matt Pocock
  • cc-john
    (
    G70JH2Y7P
    ) — John Lindquist
  • cc-ashley-hindle
    — active
  • cc-alex-hillman
    — active
  • epic-instructors
    (
    C06P7TD6VMM
    ) — Private, 14 members. Kent, Artem, and other Epic Web instructors. Workshop app features, video pipeline, course-builder updates.
  • cc-kcd
    (
    G01NK427ZE2
    ) — Private. Kent C. Dodds creator channel (NOT lc-just-javascript)
  • cc-artem-zakharchenko
    (
    C044J7QEDRA
    ) — Private, 11 members. Artem's creator channel
  • lc-total-typescript
    (
    C03JWTULTN0
    ) — Private, 10 members. Matt's course
  • lc-ai-hero
    (
    C07CURG8YB1
    ) — Private, 9 members. Matt's AI platform
  • lc-course-builder
    (
    C06KP859BUM
    ) — Private, 11 members. Course builder tool
  • lc-badass
    (
    C02PXV4BR61
    ) — Private, 12 members. Badass Courses
  • lc-epic-web
    (
    C03QFFWHT7D
    ) — Private, 11 members. Epic Web launch

Medium (project-/brain-/skill-*):

  • brain-john
    (
    C0A2ZA94M0V
    ) — Public, 6 members. Strategy with John
  • brain-joel
    (
    C09LKT871PE
    ) — Public, 8 members. Joel's strategy space
  • project-support-agent
    (
    C0ACP6SDN73
    ) — Public, 8 members. Support agent project
  • project-gremlin
    (
    C0AE33HH9C3
    ) — Public, 8 members. Gremlin project
  • skill-life
    (
    C04JPQS5ZUZ
    ) — Private, 9 members. Skill Recordings ops

Low/noise (dd-/sp-/legacy):

  • dd-*
    — revenue signals, topic-only extraction
  • *-chat
    — legacy, rarely active

API Patterns

Search messages

SLACK_USER=$(secrets lease slack_user_token --ttl 1h)
curl -s "https://slack.com/api/search.messages?query=QUERY&count=20&sort=timestamp&sort_dir=desc" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SLACK_USER"

List DM channels

curl -s "https://slack.com/api/conversations.list?types=im&limit=500" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SLACK_USER"

Read DM history

curl -s "https://slack.com/api/conversations.history?channel=DM_CHANNEL_ID&limit=30" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SLACK_USER"

Download files

curl -s -L -o output.file \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SLACK_USER" \
  "URL_PRIVATE_DOWNLOAD"

Requires 

files:read
scope on user token.

Send DM to Joel (bot token)

SLACK_BOT=$(secrets lease slack_bot_token --ttl 1h)
curl -s -X POST https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SLACK_BOT" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"channel":"U030BJ3CK","text":"message"}'

Upload file (3-step)

files.getUploadURLExternal
→ POST multipart → 
files.completeUploadExternal

Resolve external user (Slack Connect)

curl -s "https://slack.com/api/users.info?user=EXTERNAL_USER_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SLACK_USER"

Backfill Pipeline

Inngest functions (deployed, registered):

  • slack-channel-backfill
    — per-channel paginated history → Typesense 
    slack_messages
  • slack-backfill-batch
    — fan-out orchestrator for multiple channels
  • Events: 
    channel/slack.backfill.requested
    , 
    channel/slack.backfill.batch.requested
  • Flow control: concurrency 2, throttle 10/60s, 1.5s sleep between pages
  • First backfill: 15 channels, 60-day window, 245+ messages indexed

Privacy Boundary

Absolute rules:

  • JoelClaw NEVER posts in Slack channels (only Joel's DM)
  • JoelClaw NEVER responds to other users
  • JoelClaw NEVER surfaces channel content publicly
  • All intelligence is private context for Joel only
  • No Slack IDs, channel names, or workspace identifiers in public repos
  • This skill file is PRIVATE — lives at 
    ~/.pi/agent/skills/egghead-slack/
    , NOT in joelclaw repo

Content shared in Slack is privileged by default:

  • Loom recordings, screenshots, files, and links shared in Slack channels or DMs are private unless Joel explicitly says otherwise
  • Do NOT auto-publish Looms or Slack-sourced content as discoveries, blog posts, or any public-facing content
  • Always ASK Joel before surfacing any Slack-originated content publicly
  • This applies to all channels — cc-, lc-, DMs, Slack Connect, everything

Related ADRs

  • ADR-0130: Slack Channel Integration (gateway handler)
  • ADR-0131: Unified Channel Intelligence Pipeline
  • ADR-0132: VIP DM Escalated Handling
  • Gateway channel: 
    packages/gateway/src/channels/slack.ts