Decline an invitation — AI Prompts for Slack

3 ready prompts

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Execute — do the immediate task

Decline the invite to #design-review from Alex Park and reply with a brief reason: I’m on blocked…

Decline the invite to #design-review from Alex Park and reply with a brief reason: I’m on blocked PO work this week and can’t attend reviews. Offer to catch up on notes and to join the next session on Wednesday if a slot opens.

Improve — make it easier to accept

Before I decline Alex Park’s invite to #design-review, make it easy for them to reassign my input:…

Before I decline Alex Park’s invite to #design-review, make it easy for them to reassign my input: state the exact deliverables I can’t cover, propose a colleague who can stand in, and suggest how I’ll review the notes asynchronously so the team isn’t stalled.

Become — change the pattern

I repeatedly decline design-review invites and the team thinks I’m checked out. What recurring…

I keep declining the same recurring channel invites

I repeatedly decline design-review invites and the team thinks I’m checked out. What recurring habit or boundary should I change so I communicate availability clearly and avoid damaging trust without overcommitting?

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