Day 1 of building TeamAutomation in public — here's the problem I'm trying to solve
Hey everyone — starting a "build in public" thread for something I've been working on called TeamAutomation.
The problem I kept running into (and hearing from other ops/remote folks) is approvals just... disappearing into Slack. Someone needs a sign-off on a purchase, a contract, a piece of content — they post it in a channel, and then it's buried under 50 other messages within an hour. Nobody's ignoring it on purpose, it's just noise.
So the idea is simple: structured approval requests directly inside Slack — a clean card with Approve/Reject buttons, automatic nudges if it sits too long, and a full audit trail so nobody's digging through scroll history to find "who approved this and when."
I'm just getting started — no users yet, building everything in public as I go.
Curious how you all handle this on your teams right now — is it just Slack threads and hoping people see them? Some other tool? Or has anyone actually solved this well?
Interesting build.
The thing I'd be careful with is that some workflow problems look like communication problems at first.
Sometimes the more important decision sits somewhere else entirely.
That's one of those things that can quietly shape everything that follows.