Async Standup Bot for Slack
Your team lives in Slack—it’s where decisions happen, questions get answered, and updates get shared. Steady meets your team where they are with personalized DMs from the @steady bot.
Reminders arrive via DM when it’s time to check in or update a goal. Click the reminder and Steady opens with a magic link; no login required. AI Quick Fill drafts your update in one click using activity from connected tools. Your Echoes reports? Delivered via DM on your schedule. Blocker alerts, goal update notifications, mentions? All in your DMs, personalized to you, 100% noise-free.
How the Integration for Slack Works
Smart Check-ins via Slack: Get daily reminders via DM at your scheduled time. AI Quick Fill drafts check-ins automatically using activity from connected tools, making updates faster than typing manually. When you submit, your teammates receive your check-in via DM in Slack (if they have that notification enabled). Everything also appears in Steady’s Daily Digest feed for anyone who wants to review updates there.
Goal Stories via Slack: Get reminders via DM when it’s time for goal updates. AI-enhanced templates automatically summarize activity from connected tools and sub-goals, turning 20 minutes of manual compilation into 2 minutes with AI assistance. Relevant team members get notified via DM when goals are updated—only people involved in that goal.
Echoes Delivered via DM: Set up automated reports on any schedule and have them delivered to your Slack DMs. Your Echoes are private; no one else sees your reports, ensuring privacy for sensitive answers.
Smart Notifications, Not Noise: All notifications and reminder arrive via DM, personalized to what’s relevant to you. Blocker alerts when your team needs help. Goal updates when projects you’re involved in progress. Mentions when someone tags you.
Key Benefits
Replace Standup Meetings With Async Updates Stop scheduling daily standups that interrupt everyone’s flow. Team members check in whenever their day starts; San Francisco at 9am, London at 5pm, Singapore at 10am—and everyone sees progress without a synchronous meeting. Distributed teams stay coordinated across time zones without 5am meetings for anyone.
Fast Check-ins With AI-Powered Drafts AI Quick Fill drafts your check-in automatically using activity from connected tools (yesterday’s commits, closed tickets, completed tasks). Review, edit if needed, submit in 30 seconds. The daily digest posts back to Slack with everyone’s updates. Faster than typing manual updates, with complete context from your actual work.
Stay Informed With Personalized DMs Relevant updates flow to your Slack DMs. Blocker alerts when your team needs help. Goal update notifications when projects you’re involved in progress. Echoes reports on your schedule. Mentions when someone needs your input. Everything personalized to you; never notification spam about irrelevant teams or goals, and complete privacy for sensitive reports.
Scale From Standups to Full Team Coordination Start with async standups in Slack. When you’re ready, expand to goal tracking for quarterly planning, Echoes for automated reporting, or Insights for team analytics. Pay only for what you use with Steady’s credit model—no forced upgrades, no all-or-nothing pricing.
Use Cases
Async Standups for Remote Teams - Your team spans three continents. Instead of forcing everyone into a 9am PST standup (6pm Singapore, midnight London), each person checks in when their workday starts. Everyone views progress in Steady, seeing what Singapore shipped overnight, what London is working on now, and what SF is planning today. Complete team visibility across time zones, zero inconvenient meetings.
Weekly Team Kickoffs Powered by Echoes - Every Monday at 9:55am, an Echo delivers a summary via DM: “What did we ship last week? What’s everyone working on this week? Any blockers?” Team members quickly review their personalized summary before your 10am kickoff meeting. The meeting becomes about problem-solving and planning, not status reporting, because everyone’s already caught up.
Daily Blocker Alerts for Team Leads - Set up Steady to notify engineering managers immediately when someone reports a blocker in their check-in. The @steady bot sends a DM: “Sarah reported a blocker: waiting on API review from backend team.” Address blockers in hours, not days, because you’re notified the moment they’re reported instead of waiting for Friday’s retrospective.
Cross-Team Updates Without Meeting Overload - Design, engineering, and product teams each run their own daily check-ins. Set up an Echo to deliver a weekly summary via DM: “High-level overview of what Design, Engineering, and Product shipped this week.” Everyone stays informed about cross-functional work without attending multiple standups or scheduling coordination meetings—personalized summaries delivered right to your Slack DMs.
Installation
To set up the integration for Slack, go to Account Settings -> Integrations and connect to Slack. Read the documentation for more information.
About Slack
Slack is the world's leading team communication platform, used by millions of teams to collaborate in channels, share files, and integrate business tools. Most knowledge workers spend hours in Slack daily, making it the natural place to coordinate team updates without forcing people to switch between multiple apps.
Frequently asked questions
Does Steady work as a standup bot for Slack?
Yes. Steady sends daily standup reminders via DM. Team members click the reminder to open Steady and answer check-in questions. When submitted, check-ins are delivered to teammates via DM in Slack and their Daily Digest feed in Steady. Activity from connected tools like GitHub, Jira, and Zoom automatically attaches to check-ins.
Can I run async standups in Slack with Steady?
Yes. Steady is built for async standups. Team members respond to check-in prompts whenever their day starts; no synchronous meeting required. Everyone views responses in Steady’s unified feed, so teams stay informed across time zones without real-time coordination.
What notifications does Steady send to Slack?
Steady sends all notifications via DM with the @steady bot. Check-in reminders at your scheduled time, blocker alerts when teammates report being stuck, goal update notifications when goals you’re involved in progress, Echoes reports on your schedule, and mentions when someone tags you. Everything is personalized. You only get notifications relevant to you.
Can Steady integrate other tools with Slack for standups?
Yes. Connect GitHub, Jira, Linear, Asana, and 20+ other tools to Steady. When team members submit check-ins, activity from those tools automatically attaches. See commits, ticket updates, and meeting notes alongside standup responses in Steady’s unified feed.
How is Steady different from other standup bots for Slack?
Most standup bots for Slack only do standups. Steady connects standups to goal tracking, sprint planning, retrospectives, and AI-powered reporting (Echoes).
