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Add Slack channel extraction as a document source #8

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@cameronhotchkies

Problem

frfr currently only extracts facts from PDFs and Markdown files. A lot of institutional knowledge, decisions, and technical context lives in Slack conversations and threads — but there's no way to point frfr at a channel and extract structured facts from it.

Solution

Add Slack as a document source alongside PDFs and Markdown. A user points frfr at a Slack channel, and the system extracts facts from conversations and threads that can be queried with citations back to the original messages.

Acceptance Criteria

  • A user can import a Slack channel into a session by providing a channel ID or URL
  • Messages and thread replies are included in the extraction
  • Slack-specific formatting (mentions, links, emoji) is preserved as readable text, not raw markup
  • Extracted facts can be queried and answers cite back to specific Slack messages with permalinks
  • Channels with 1,000 or fewer messages are ingested in full
  • Channels with more than 1,000 messages default to the last 90 days
  • The message cap (1,000) and lookback period (90 days) are configurable
  • A user can specify a custom date range to override the automatic bounding

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