get slack thread discussion for posting to github issues as quoted by each user.

README.md

1. Open a comment thread and scroll to the top
2. copy this whole script and paste into the console
3. scroll slowly to the bottom of the comment thread
4. run getSlackTranscript() in the console

get-slack-thread.js

(() => {
  const threads = document.querySelectorAll('[data-qa="slack_kit_list"]');
  if (!threads || threads.length < 3) {
    console.error('Thread container not found (need at least 3)');
    return;
  }

  const thread = threads[2];
  const messagesMap = new Map(); // key: unique, value: { ts, formatted }

  function extractMessageInfo(msg) {
  const senderEl = msg.querySelector('[data-qa="message_sender_name"]'); // FIXED
  const timeAnchor = msg.querySelector('a[data-ts]');
  const timeLabelEl = msg.querySelector('.c-timestamp__label');
  const bodyEl = msg.querySelector('div[data-qa="message-text"]');

  if (!senderEl || !timeAnchor || !timeLabelEl || !bodyEl) return null;

  const sender = senderEl.textContent.trim(); // Now safe – just one copy
  const timeText = timeLabelEl.textContent.trim();
  const ts = timeAnchor.getAttribute('data-ts');
  const bodyText = bodyEl.textContent.trim();

  const quotedBody = bodyText
    .split('\n')
    .map(line => `> ${line}`)
    .join('\n');

  const formatted = `> **${sender} [${timeText}]**\n${quotedBody}`;
  const key = `${sender}::${ts}::${bodyText}`;

  return { key, ts, formatted };
}

  function scanMessages() {
    const msgs = thread.querySelectorAll('.c-message_kit__thread_message');
    msgs.forEach(msg => {
      const info = extractMessageInfo(msg);
      if (info && !messagesMap.has(info.key)) {
        messagesMap.set(info.key, { ts: parseFloat(info.ts), formatted: info.formatted });
      }
    });
  }

  // Initial scan
  scanMessages();

  const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
    scanMessages();
  });

  observer.observe(thread, {
    childList: true,
    subtree: true
  });

  window.getSlackTranscript = function () {
    const sorted = Array.from(messagesMap.values())
      .sort((a, b) => a.ts - b.ts)
      .map(entry => entry.formatted)
      .join('\n\n');

    console.log(sorted);
    return sorted;
  };

  console.info('✅ Slack thread tracker active. Run `getSlackTranscript()` to export the full, sorted, clean transcript.');
})();