Anyone else tired of long @mentions in Slack channels?
In a lot of channels, the same patterns keep showing up:
- You end up typing (@)John (@)Mike (@)Priya over and over
- You end up missing someone (or tagging the wrong person)
- The same “group” means different people in different channels ("reviewers" in #frontend are Alice and Bob while "reviewers" in #backend are Carol and Dave)
- Short-lived teams (launches, incidents, reviews) don’t fit cleanly into Slack user groups (and take time to set up since they usually go through the admin)
We built a small Slack app to make mentioning multiple people in a channel simpler and more precise, without having to type long lists or create permanent groups.
Under the hood, it lets anyone define channel-level aliases (like !reviewers, !oncall) so mentions stay relevant to the context of the channel.
Would love feedback from PMs who deal with coordination and workflow friction in Slack.
Posted Jan 7, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC
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