The issue says "In progress." The conversation says nobody can continue until you choose between two options. You find the message after spending the morning on something less important.
For a founder or team lead, the useful signal is not that an issue changed. It is that the next step depends on a decision only you can make.
Waveloom can bring relevant updates from configured sources into a focused feed. Use it to notice and investigate a possible blocker, while keeping your project tracker as the record of the work.
Start with the work you are responsible for
Connect the app where your team records progress, such as Linear, and check the listening options available for that account. Enable a supported issue-update source and select its required scope. A connection by itself does not mean every project is being monitored.
If the decision happens in Slack instead, choose the relevant supported source there. Start with one source whose updates contain enough information to be useful; an event that only says an issue changed cannot explain the whole discussion.
Give Waveloom the priority explicitly:
"Remember that the onboarding release is our priority this week. I make the final call on scope changes."
That provides context for judging an update. It is not a rule that guarantees every blocker becomes a card.
Look for a decision, not a status label
Consider this illustrative issue comment:
"The import flow works for new customers. Existing customers need a migration step. Should we hold the release or ship the new-customer flow first?"
If that update is surfaced, open the source and check three things:
- Is the question still unanswered, or did someone resolve it after the update?
- What work is waiting, and who is waiting for the answer?
- Is there enough information to choose, or do you need one specific clarification?
The card is a reason to look. It is not proof that the issue is still blocked, and it should not turn a possibility into a deadline or an assignment.
Answer where the team will see it
For an issue or channel discussion, record the decision in the original app. Eligible Gmail or Slack DM cards may offer an editable reply action; review the text and destination before approving it.
Waveloom does not automatically reassign the issue, move its status or promise a release date. If you ask chat for a supported action in a connected app, that is a separate, approval-gated step.
Keep the board as the source of truth
This is useful for noticing decisions between planned project reviews. It is not dependency mapping, a complete blocker report or a replacement for checking your board. Quiet feed days do not certify that a project is on schedule.
For decisions that live in proposals or specifications, see document review follow-ups. For a deliberate check before a team call, see meeting preparation.
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