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Slack Channel to Affinity Map

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This Slack channel to affinity map automation turns a week of retro comments into something the team can discuss. Every Friday at 3pm, MockFlow reads that week's messages in your team's retro channel.

What it does.

From Slack, every Friday at 3pm, read messages in a channel, make an affinity map of the retro channel.

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Runs
Every Friday at 3pm
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Whiteboard: Retro affinity map
Slack Channel to Affinity Map in the MockFlow Automations gallery

Why teams use it.

It makes an affinity map with each point raised as a sticky note, clustered by theme with a heading per cluster.

Turn it on.

Use this template opens the Automations page in MockFlow with every part already filled in.

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Open the Slack Channel to Affinity Map template

Select Use this template and it opens in MockFlow Automations.

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Connect Slack

Sign in with your own Slack account and pick the retro channel.

3

Choose the space

Pick where each week's affinity map is made.

4

Turn it on

Run now maps this week's messages. Turn it on for a new map every Friday.

Who uses it.

A team collecting retro points all week

Points dropped in the channel are grouped before the Friday retro.

A manager listening for themes

Recurring frustrations and wins show up as clusters.

A distributed team

People in any time zone add to the channel, and the map brings it together.

Questions about Slack Channel to Affinity Map.

What does it read from Slack?
This week's messages in the channel you pick.
What does the affinity map look like?
Each point raised as a sticky note, clustered by theme with a heading per cluster.
When does the affinity map get made?
Every Friday at 3pm, and you can change that before turning it on.
Does it post anything to Slack?
No. It only reads the channel and makes a board in MockFlow.
Get started

Let the board make itself.

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