Thread by @MatMcGann

*Slack Notifications* plugin for Roam multiplayer graphs
-Bounty delivered and #RoamGames submission-

Developed by the magician @dvargas92495 to my spec it's designed to work for any multiplayer Roam and will be in David's roamjs.com library
@Conaw @RoamBounties

Benefits
✅ Improves adherence to Roam across the team
✅ Works with any nomenclature for tagging people
✅ Works with any task management system
✅ Slack notification provides customisable context
✅ Easy to set up

One of the biggest challenges of using Roam in a team is getting everyone on the same [[page]] and ((block)) when they need to be. You need to inform people of questions, changes and new responsibilities.

Every multiplayer Roam needs a way to mention other users and should have a way to notify each one. Here's our team's system of notification (thread includes css too)

https://twitter.com/MatMcGann/status/1318716649487302657?s=20

And here's Roam Research's internal nomenclature

https://twitter.com/Conaw/status/1293848451189374978?s=20

If the team is trying to achieve explicit goals together, then you need a tight, simple and flexible task management system. I haven't documented ours yet (and it's always evolving) but here is an example

See the cute slack icon? It indicates that this hashtag is associated with a slack user and you can send them a notification on slack.

And whabam

This message format, and the Roam tag -> slack user mappings are specified in roam/js/slack.

To give the notification context you can include the {page}, immediate {parent}, {block} content, and {link} straight to the block in Roam.

To make the notifications informative in *any team workflow* you can specify the tags that structure your workflow (in this case #[[🎯 Objective]] ) and the notifications will extract out these parents too

Of course you don't have to use this for task management. You can use it to notify someone of a change, ask them a question (then if they answer you in Roam it's documented) or just tell them you're thinkin' 'bout 'em you know?

Our team already uses this scores of times a day. Please use it and provide feedback and suggestions! Pls test me on its flexibility.

Very soon @dvargas92495 will give technical details and installation instructions in his announcement.

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