Unblock Human

Inspiration

We noticed how much time people spend crafting responses across different messaging platforms like Slack and Discord. 💬 The context-switching and communication overhead was creating bottlenecks in productivity. We wanted to create a unified inbox with AI assistance to help people respond to messages more efficiently and professionally. 💪

What it does

🔄 Unifies messages from Slack and Discord in one place 🤖 Uses Claude AI to generate and enhance message replies ⚡ Prioritizes messages by urgency (Urgent, High, Normal) 🔍 Filters communications by platform (Slack/Discord)

How we built it

🔄 Used MCP to standardize message formats across different platforms, enabling seamless integration between Slack and Discord ⚛️ React and Next.js for the frontend framework 🎨 Tailwind CSS for styling and responsive design 🧠 Anthropic's Claude API for AI-powered message generation 📊 Custom filtering and sorting algorithms for message

Challenges we ran into

🔄 Managing state across different components and message threads 🎯 Creating effective prompts that generate contextually appropriate responses 🖼️ Optimizing image loading and user experience

Accomplishments that we're proud of

🚀 Built a functional product with AI integration in a short timeframe 🎨 Created a beautiful, modern UI with excellent UX ⚡ Implemented efficient message filtering and priority sorting 🧠 Successfully leveraged Claude API for smart message generation

What we learned

🤖 Best practices for AI prompt engineering and response handling ⚛️ Advanced React patterns and state management 🎨 Modern UI/UX design principles and implementation 🔄 Built custom MCP adapters for each platform to normalize notification formats and status indicators

What's next for Unblock Human

🌐 Adding more platform integrations (Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, etc.) 📊 Advanced analytics on communication patterns 📅 Meeting scheduling and calendar integration 📱 Native mobile applications

Built With

• next
• react