Form Factory’s Slack workspace organization — general channels, naming conventions, and recommended sidebar layout. The structure uses prefix-based categories to keep channels discoverable as the workspace grows.
General Channels
| Channel | Purpose |
|---|---|
#appreciation | Celebrate achievements and show gratitude |
#book-club | Book discussions |
#delivery | Project updates |
#ecosystem | Industry trends, tools, integrations |
#food-factory | Recipes and food photos |
#general | Company-wide announcements |
#help | Work-related support |
#ideas | Brainstorming |
#memes | Humor |
#music-vibes | Playlists and music |
#presence | Check in/out (remote office vibe) |
#random | Off-topic chat |
#work-space-vibes | Remote workspace setups |
Channel Categories
| Prefix | Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|---|
team- | Work groups | team-engineering, team-qa |
office- | Regional groups | office-usa, office-brazil |
topic- | Specific topics | topic-checkout-extensibility, topic-lighthouse |
bot- | Automated messages | bot-checkly, bot-datadog, bot-releases |
internal- | Client work (FF only) | internal-chubbies |
shared- | Client work (with client) | shared-chubbies |
partner- | Vendors and partners | partner-sanity, partner-pack |
temp- | Temporary (archived when done) | temp-turtle-beach-best-buy |
Recommended Sidebar Sections
Ordered by priority:
- Starred — quick-access channels from any category
- Teams —
team-andoffice-channels - Direct messages — auto-generated
- General —
#general,#help,#ideas, etc. - Topics —
topic-channels - Bots —
bot-channels - Clients — non-starred
internal-andshared- - Partners —
partner-channels - Temporary — non-starred
temp-channels