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Competitor Digests with Slack News Summary

Have Steve post scheduled competitor news summaries into a Slack channel, no command needed

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Overview

/latest-news is on-demand. A Slack news summary is automatic. Set it once and Steve posts a rolled-up digest of competitor news and website changes into a channel on a schedule, so the whole team stays current without anyone running a command.

Who it's for: ๐Ÿ“ฃ PMM who configures it ยท ๐ŸŽฏ Sales Rep who reads it in-channel.

What a summary looks like

Steve posts a single, grouped digest, product launches, pricing moves, and other changes, per competitor, right in the channel.

A scheduled competitor news summary Steve posts in a Slack channel

Caption: A daily digest grouped by change type, delivered to your channel so nobody has to ask.

Set it up

Configure the summary from the project:

  • Open the project's Settings โ†’ Communication, choose Slack, then News Summary Settings.
  • Notification channel โ€” pick the Slack channel Steve posts to. (If your organization has connected more than one chat app, pick Slack first.)
  • Email โ€” optionally switch this on to send the digest to one or more email addresses as well, or instead of a channel.
  • Summary Frequency โ€” Daily, Twice a week, or Weekly.
  • Click Save News Summary Settings. Steve delivers the digest on that cadence.

For the full walkthrough with every option, see Configure Slack Summaries.

Best ways to use it

๐Ÿ“ฃ For PMM

  • Set one digest per project so each team gets only its competitors.
  • Start with Daily for fast-moving categories; drop to Weekly if the channel gets noisy.

๐ŸŽฏ For sales reps

  • Treat the summary channel as your passive feed, skim it with your morning coffee.
  • Seeing a launch or pricing move here is your cue to pull the latest /battle-cards before the next call.

Next Steps