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I built a custom Slack inbox. It was easier than you’d think. | Yash Tekriwal (Clay)

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I built a custom Slack inbox. It was easier than you’d think. | Yash Tekriwal (Clay)

Yash Tekriwal is the head of education at Clay. A self-described hyper-optimizer, Yash has built multiple custom productivity applications using Perplexity Computer and OpenClaw to manage his overwhelming daily workflow—including a Slack digest system that categorizes over 150 daily notifications into actionable priorities, and a consolidated news/email/Slack dashboard that serves as his personal command center.

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What you’ll learn:

  • How Yash built a custom Slack digest that categorizes 150+ daily notifications into action-required, need-to-read, and FYI buckets

  • Why Perplexity Computer beats Claude Code and Codex for building personal productivity apps

  • His “anti-to-do list” framework: spending an hour daily automating tasks you never want to do again

  • How to use AI for deterministic tasks (APIs, structured data) vs. subjective tasks (categorization, summarization)

  • Why the SaaS apocalypse narrative is wrong—and why we’re about to see an explosion of micro-software

  • How his team uses Perplexity Computer to prototype design systems and communicate with cross-functional partners

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    In this episode, we cover:

    (00:00) Introduction to Yash

    (02:38) The burden of 150 daily Slack notifications

    (05:45) When to use AI for tasks vs. building deterministic code

    (06:38) Building the Slack digest with OpenClaw

    (11:33) Introducing Perplexity Computer and the visual dashboard

    (14:28) Three reasons Perplexity Computer beats Claude Code

    (16:14) Using connectors to automate meeting follow-ups across Notion and Asana

    (18:21) The Kanban-style Slack dashboard

    (20:15) The long tail of customer requests and the future of micro-software

    (24:09) The anti-to-do list framework

    (26:21) Building a consolidated news, email, and Slack digest

    (29:48) How Perplexity Computer handles authentication and deployment

    (31:46) Team use case: Prototyping persona-based learning journeys for Clay University

    (35:49) Lightning round and final thoughts

    Tools referenced:

    • Perplexity Computer: https://www.perplexity.ai/computer/new

    • OpenClaw: https://openclaw.ai/

    • Discord: https://discord.com/

    • Claude Code: https://claude.ai/code

    • Codex: https://openai.com/codex/

    • Asana: https://asana.com/

    • Airtable: https://airtable.com/

    • Figma: https://www.figma.com/

    • Vercel: https://vercel.com/

    • ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/

    Other references:

    • Slack: https://slack.com/

    • Notion: https://www.notion.so/

    • Superhuman: https://superhuman.com/

    • Clay University: https://www.clay.com/university

    • Kanban boards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban_board

    Where to find Yash Tekriwal:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yashtekriwal/

    X: https://x.com/yash_tek

    Company: https://www.clay.com/

    Where to find Claire Vo:

    ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/

    Website: https://clairevo.com/

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/

    X: https://x.com/clairevo

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