In my role, organizing information is everything. Between project designs, PRDs, changelogs, and channels, so much information can get scattered in a million different places. Let’s not even mention emails. (Please don’t send me an email)

Hopefully, you and your team are uber organized and don’t need any tips. For me, I’m always a sucker for keeping information in one hub that everyone can reference. That’s why I was so excited to incorporate Slack lists into our organization's tool set.

Back in 2025, Slack announced the Slack list feature. I’ve been pinning conversations for as long as I’ve been a Slack user. Once I learned how to make a list, I introduced it to my teammates, incorporated it into our workflows, and received great responses.

Using your Pro account, you can create a Slack list for yourself or for a specific channel. At the top of any channel, click the plus button. Once the drop-down appears, look for the list option.

At the bottom of the “Add a list” modal, click “Create New List”

Rename your list, use or delete Assignee and Due Date, and you can either start using the pre-existing line items or delete them altogether.

For this example, I’ll keep track of some of the latest dev learnings that are shared with my team. This is important stuff, and I don’t want to forget where it is or who shared it!

What I typically do is delete the Assignee and Due Date options, click the Add field option, then select the fields I want to incorporate.

Now I can keep track of what was shared, and if I have read or watched it already.

Project channels: I love using Slack lists in project channels. When I am either writing up test cases or actively testing, many times, questions will come to mind, and I want to keep track of whether they’ve been answered. I make a Slack list that has the question asked, the person asking the question, and a checkbox field to check if the question has been answered. Teammates can scroll through to see which questions still need to be answered to help me get unblocked.

Decision log: Recently, my teammates made their own Dev Changelog Slack list. In the team channel, if a specific decision has been made and the team wants to keep it for easy reference, it’s added to the Dev Changelog Slack list!

Whenever you want! If you have a Pro account in Slack, you can make one for yourself in your own chat. Start using it to keep track of any information you need for a team or a project. It’s a great way to make information easy to find and reference for the future.

I’m sure a Slack list is only the start. What are other ways you keep information organized and available for your team?

Till next time…

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