Setting Up Automated Daily Standup Reports with OpenClaw in Slack

Why Async Standups Break Down

Async standups were supposed to fix meeting fatigue. Instead, most teams end up with inconsistently formatted updates, half arriving after noon, with no easy way to see blockers at a glance.

SlackClaw, powered by OpenClaw, solves this by automating the entire loop: prompting, collecting, detecting blockers, and posting a formatted digest.

Step 1: Configure Participants

Set up a daily standup for the backend team.
Participants: @priya, @james, @mike, @sarah
Channel: #backend-standup
Prompt time: 9:00 AM Pacific, weekdays only

Step 2: Customize Questions

Use these questions:
1. What did you ship yesterday?
2. What are you working on today?
3. Anything blocking you?
4. Any PRs that need review?

Step 3: The Morning Prompt

At 9 AM, OpenClaw DMs each participant. They reply in plain English — any format works. OpenClaw extracts structured data regardless.

Step 4: The Digest

At 9:45 AM OpenClaw posts a formatted digest with completions, current work, blockers highlighted, and PR review status cross-referenced from GitHub.

Step 5: Blocker Escalation

If a blocker persists for 2 days, ping the blocker owner and mark it as recurring in the digest.

Weekly Summary

Every Friday at 5pm, post a weekly standup summary.
Include: items completed, recurring blockers, PRs reviewed.

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