Clear: A Slack App for Writing More Direct Workplace Messages
By
Alen Todorov
5mo ago· 2 min readenProduct
55/100
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Summary
The article describes Clear, a Slack app that helps users write clearer, more direct workplace messages. The author shares their personal experience of working remotely for 5 years and noticing that their Slack messages became longer and harder to process as their team grew and switched to English as the default language. They created a custom GPT to shorten messages, which worked well, and this evolved into Clear - a privacy-first Slack app with built-in coaching to help users improve their communication over time.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledi've been working in tech for around 15 years, and the last five of them fully remote
as our team grew and we switched to english as the default language, my slack messages got longer and harder to process, even for me
in reality, a few sentences were usually enough
when custom GPTs launched, i built one to shorten my messages. it worked surprisingly well
Clear is a Slack app that helps you write clearer, more direct workplace messages. Privacy-first, no message storage, with built-in coaching to help you improve over time
Clear is a Slack app that helps you write clearer, more direct workplace messages. Privacy-first, no message storage, with built-in coaching to help you improve over time.
