pi0/junior

Junior is a Slack bot runtime created by Sentry. It lets your team do useful work directly inside Slack conversations, like investigating issues, summarizing context, and taking action using connected tools. Instead of constantly switching between different applications to get things done, team members can interact with the bot to handle tasks right where they are already chatting. At a high level, the system works by connecting your Slack workspace to external services through plugins. The project is built on a web framework called Hono and is organized into several separate packages. There is a core runtime that handles the actual bot behavior, and then there are specialized plugin packages that add specific capabilities. For example, there are plugins that let the bot interact with GitHub for managing issues, search Notion pages, look into Sentry issues, or even automate tasks in a web browser. This tool is designed for engineering and product teams that spend a lot of time in Slack and want to streamline their workflows. For instance, if an engineer sees a bug report in a Slack channel, they could use the bot to pull up related details from Sentry, check for existing GitHub issues, and summarize the situation for the rest of the team without leaving the chat. A project manager could similarly ask the bot to search Notion for relevant documentation to share with the group. The project is built with an extensible plugin architecture, meaning teams can pick and choose which external tools the bot connects to based on their specific needs. The README itself is fairly brief and points to a separate documentation site for setup guides and deployment instructions, including how to host the bot on a platform called Vercel.