Built a Slack app to stop “I’ll do it by Friday” messages from getting lost in threads
Hey r/slack,
Built a Slack app called FollowUp that solves a simple problem:
Someone says “I’ll get this done by Friday” in Slack… and a week later nobody remembers it.
How it works:
- Hover any Slack message → ⚡ Shortcuts → 📌 FollowUp
- Commitment gets tracked instantly
- Owner gets reminders until it’s completed
- Optional watchers get status updates
- Home tab shows open commitments, due dates, and overdue items
Works in channels, private groups, and DMs.
Important: this does NOT scan Slack messages with AI or automatically monitor conversations. Only messages explicitly marked by users are tracked.
Example use cases:
- Engineering follow-ups
- Vendor/customer follow-ups
- Team accountability without creating Jira tickets for everything
Looking for 3–5 small teams (5–20 people) willing to test it free for 4–6 weeks and give honest feedback.
Happy to share the install link with anyone interested in testing it with their team.
Would genuinely love feedback — especially if your team already struggles with losing commitments in Slack threads.