Slack users struggle to find messages across conversations and workspaces
Slack users have trouble locating messages when they need to search a particular workspace, DM, message type, or content such as code and images. Native search and views do not always provide the filters or links back to the original message they want, while multiple workspaces add more friction. A companion product could improve discovery, but would only be able to search content users have authorized it to access.
For slack users in multi-workspace organizations. Mentioned from Feb 2024 to Sep 2026 on Bluesky, product forums, Hacker News and Stack Exchange.
5 different people described this problem in 10 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 3.0/10
- Pain
- 5.4/10
- Frequency
- 6.5/10
- Willingness to pay
- 0.0/10
- Momentum
- 5.6/10
- Who pays
- Businesses
- Competition
- High
- Build difficulty
- Medium
What people said
Quoted word for word. Follow a link to read the whole discussion.
Cursor’s Slack connector binds the session to a single Slack workspace. Connecting another workspace replaces the first
How can I view all channels I am a member of in my Slack organization, across all Slack workspaces of that Slack organization?
Build brief
See what to build and who will buy it
- 2 product ideas with the smallest useful version and pricing
- 3 places to find your first customers
- 8 more quotes from people who have this problem
- Current workarounds, existing solutions and risks