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Feature Request Rescue Kit

A 5-step audit process to find and prioritize the feature requests hiding in your team's chat history.

The Problem

Your team shares brilliant feature ideas every day in Slack, Discord, or Teams. But within 48 hours, those ideas are buried under thousands of new messages.

60%

of ideas lost in chat

4 hrs

spent searching per week

$50k+

potential value lost annually

The 5-Step Rescue Process

1

Audit Your Channels

Search these channels for the past 30 days:

  • •#product-feedback
  • •#feature-requests
  • •#support (customer complaints)
  • •#general (off-topic gems)
  • •#engineering (technical debt ideas)
2

Use These Search Queries

Copy and paste these into your chat search:

  • •"should have" OR "would be nice"
  • •"feature request" OR "idea"
  • •"why can't we" OR "wish we could"
  • •"users are asking" OR "customers want"
  • •"pain point" OR "frustrating"
3

Score Each Idea

Rate ideas on this matrix:

  • •Impact (1-5): How many users affected?
  • •Effort (1-5): How complex to build?
  • •Urgency (1-5): How often mentioned?
  • •Revenue (1-5): Tied to paying customers?
  • •Strategic (1-5): Aligns with roadmap?
4

Categorize Ideas

Group ideas into these buckets:

  • •Quick Wins (low effort, high impact)
  • •Big Bets (high effort, high impact)
  • •Fill-Ins (low effort, low impact)
  • •Money Pits (high effort, low impact)
  • •Technical Debt (internal improvements)
5

Take Action

For each category:

  • •Quick Wins → Ship this sprint
  • •Big Bets → Add to roadmap planning
  • •Fill-Ins → Backlog for slow periods
  • •Money Pits → Document why not
  • •Technical Debt → Engineer-led priorities

What's in the Kit

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Audit Checklist

Step-by-step checklist to audit your chat channels systematically.

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Search Query Templates

Copy-paste search queries for Slack, Discord, and Teams.

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Scoring Matrix

Spreadsheet template to prioritize ideas objectively.

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Category Framework

How to bucket ideas into actionable categories.

PDF + spreadsheet templates included

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