Product workflow · Reviewed 29 October 2026

Turn Slack messages into a personal task list

Start with the task destination you already review. Slack can keep selected messages as personal to-dos. An established integration can send work to another task app. Broader capture becomes worth checking when noticing and selecting each commitment is the step you keep missing.

Published by Qubit. Official documentation reviewed 29 October 2026. This guide compares documented workflows; it does not report a hands-on capture or accuracy test.

First, check Slack's own To-dos

Slack is rolling out To-dos to replace Later, starting in October 2026. Availability is gradual, so your workspace may still show the earlier experience. In the new desktop workflow, hover over a message and choose Add to-do. You can also create your own items in the To-dos tab.

A message to-do does not receive a reminder by default. Add one when you need a cue to return, and mark the item complete when finished. If you use Later, check the transition instructions: previous items move to To-dos or Saved depending on their state and whether they have a reminder.

For work you can reliably identify in Slack, this may be enough. You do not need a separate capture app just to keep a selected message in a personal list.

If you already review another list, check the handoff

For example, Todoist’s Slack Marketplace listing documents converting a selected message into a Todoist task through the message menu. Before adopting another inbox, check the integration available for the app, account and plan you actually use. Establish the exact trigger, destination and link back to the message. A selected-message action and a workflow that runs without that selection ask different things of you.

Follow one permitted message through the path. Can you name the action clearly, find the original context and update the task after the conversation changes? If you cannot establish that handoff, do not assume two apps will stay synchronized.

When you do not stop to save the message

Some commitments pass through a conversation without you recording them. Qubit uses supported work context to help fill its own personal task list. On Mac, it reads on-screen text with your permissions. Its invite-only web app reads supported connected Google and Slack accounts. Meeting capture differs too: Mac captures audio on your laptop, while web uses a notetaker bot. Qubit can also update tasks as captured work changes and mark work it recognizes as done. Tell Qubit about changes it could not see, and review its updates.

Those are different sources and access paths. A connected Slack account is not a promise that every thread becomes a task; Mac on-screen capture is not a promise to read conversations you never open. Review the available source behind a task and add missing work yourself.

Fictional example: “Can you review the draft tomorrow? I'll send the final figures this afternoon.” Your action is reviewing the draft. The figures are something you are waiting on. Saving the message preserves context, but you still need a clear next move and a way to check for the figures. This is an illustration, not an extraction result.

Check Qubit’s Mac capture model before choosing on-screen capture rather than connected sources.

Keep the list you will act on

Use native Slack To-dos when selecting messages and reviewing work inside Slack is sufficient. Keep your existing task app when a verified handoff already works. Evaluate Qubit when a supported-source capture gap remains and you want to manage the resulting tasks in Qubit. Do not assume it synchronizes your external task manager.

In Qubit, you can review sources, edit tasks, add missing work, set dates or reminders and mark tasks done. See the illustrated Mac workflow. Qubit costs $8 USD/month or $82 USD/year, with up to 20 meetings/month; new web accounts require an invitation.

Check what Qubit processes and stores before permitting work context to be read. Start with one message you are allowed to use. The useful result is a task you can find, understand and complete, whichever destination you choose.

For freelancers, agency owners and teams, fractional CXOs, consultants, and client-facing roles like account managers. A selected message may create a task, while a later reply changes it. Choose where the current action will be maintained.