Weekly Check-in

Get a weekly progress summary posted automatically to your Slack channels. See what got done, what's coming up, and celebrate your team's work.

What is the weekly check-in?

The weekly check-in is an automatic message posted to a channel summarizing task activity for the past week. It includes:

  • How many tasks were completed and created
  • How many tasks are still open, due next week, or overdue
  • Who contributed (when 3 or more tasks were completed)
  • A heads-up about overdue tasks and upcoming deadlines
Example of a weekly check-in message in Slack

The check-in is designed to be a soft, celebratory team update, not a performance tracker. It highlights progress and helps everyone stay aligned.

Enabling the weekly check-in

The weekly check-in is off by default. You can enable it for any channel that has a to-do list. There are a few ways to turn it on:

  • Open the list settings from the "..." menu next to the list name on the Home tab, or from the pinned list's Settings button
  • Use /todo settings in the channel
  • Click the "Enable" button in the check-in message you receive a few days after signing up
Finding list settings from the menu on the Home tab

Configuring day and time

By default, the check-in is posted on Monday at 9:00 AM. You can change the day and time in the list settings.

The time is based on the timezone of the person who configured the check-in. Make sure your Slack timezone is set correctly in your Slack time zone settings.

When the check-in is skipped

If there was no task activity during the past week (no tasks completed, created, or overdue), the check-in is skipped for that week. This avoids posting empty summaries.

Team-wide default

Team owners can enable weekly check-ins by default for new pinned lists. This setting is available on the account page at Account settings. When enabled, any new list that is pinned to a channel will automatically have the weekly check-in turned on. Existing lists are not affected.

Availability

The weekly check-in is available on all plans, including the free plan.