Found it. There's the problem: My Slack config uses

"groupPolicy": "allowlist"

, and only one channel is on the list — this one (#brain-legoat,

C0BFKL1VBGR

). #C0BDUSD4Y4V (whereabouts) isn't in the allowlist, so even though you invited me and I'm technically in the channel, the gateway drops every message from there before it reaches me. That's why I looked dead. To fix it, whereabouts needs to be added to the allowlist. I can do that — it's a config patch adding

C0BDUSD4Y4V

to

channels.slack.channels

, then a gateway restart. Quick question before I touch config: Do you want

requireMention: true

for whereabouts? In this home channel it's

false

(I see everything). For a busier shared channel like whereabouts, I'd recommend

true

so I only act when explicitly @mentioned — less noise, and I won't chime in on random chatter. Say the word and I'll patch it in (mention-only unless you tell me otherwise) and restart.