Observed arrival · 2026-08-23
Foist, Slack's suspicious-message detective
An open-source Slack tool that examines overly polished workplace prose and assigns it a low, medium, or high suspicion reading.
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Why it surfaced
Foist builds an evidence board for messages like “Let's leverage this opportunity to unlock meaningful synergies,” then offers to draft an even more aggressively AI-sounding reply. It is free to self-host, MIT licensed, and careful to say it is not an AI detector or proof of authorship.
An open-source Slack tool that examines overly polished workplace prose and assigns it a low, medium, or high suspicion reading.
Observed signals
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○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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