A daily briefing, delivered into Slack
The news your team needs. Nothing more.
Channel Herald delivers a small, thoughtfully curated set of tech and industry stories into Slack each day, selected by practitioners who know what's actually worth your team's attention.
Listed in the Slack Marketplace (opens in a new tab)
Great for teams that
- Track industry or market news
- Want updates without inbox overload
- Prefer shared awareness inside Slack
- Hate context switching
What it is
Channel Herald is a Slack app that curates and delivers the most relevant industry news directly to your team channels. We compile the latest stories from leading tech publications and turn them into digestible daily digests, so nobody has to chase updates across a dozen websites and newsletters.
Our team sources content from the most trusted and widely-read publications in tech, so your team gets comprehensive coverage of what matters most, delivered right where they already collaborate.
Get started in minutes
Configure
Invite Channel Herald to the channel you want the news sent to, then run /channelherald to open the setup panel.
Customize
Pick your topics and a preferred delivery time to match your team's interests and schedule.
Receive
Fresh, formatted digests post automatically each business day. Update or unsubscribe any time.
Why teams keep it
Reduces friction
No need to check email or subscribe to newsletters. It shows up where your team already talks.
Fully customizable
Choose the topics and delivery time that fit your team, so the digest stays relevant.
Keeps teams aligned
Everyone gets the same digest at the same time. That shared context turns into real conversation.
Secure and private
Your workspace data stays private. Configuration is encrypted and never shared with outside systems.
Expertly curated
We scan hundreds of sources a day and hand-pick what's actually worth reading.
Supports a learning culture
Teams that value staying sharp finally have an easy, low-effort way to do it.
Before you install
What it can see, and why
Every permission below maps to something the app actually needs to do its job. Nothing else.
Listed in the Slack Marketplace
Reviewed and approved by Slack to be listed, so it met their requirements for Marketplace apps.
View the Slack Marketplace listing (opens in a new tab)chat:writePost the daily digest in the channel you choose.
channels:readSee public channel names, so you can pick where the digest goes.
groups:readSee the names of private channels you've added it to, so you can pick one of those too.
users:readSee basic profile info, so it knows who set up the digest and how to reach them if something needs attention.
commandsRegister the /channelherald command, so you can configure everything from inside Slack.
What it does not do
- Read the messages in your channels
- Store message content, ever
- Share workspace data with third parties
Configuration data, your chosen topics, channel, and delivery time, is stored with industry-standard encryption and never shared with outside systems.
Uninstall any time from Slack, and your configuration is deleted.
Industries we cover today
Business
Company moves, markets, and the deals worth knowing about.
AI
What actually shipped in AI, without the hype.
Technology
The broader tech news your team would otherwise catch late.
That's today's list, not the final one. Tell me the beat your team needs and new industries go live based on what people ask for.
Need a feed tuned to your industry?
Tell me your niche and I'll build it with you. Fintech, wealth management, and other specialized beats welcome.
bobby@sabiventures.comBuilt and curated by a longtime engineering leader who got tired of chasing ten newsletters.
Bring Channel Herald to your team
A small, curated daily briefing of industry news and trends, delivered where your team already works.
Listed in the Slack Marketplace (opens in a new tab)