Best Practices

Use conservative defaults first, then widen Murph's scope after you have verified setup, channel access, and policy behavior.

Start narrow

Begin with selected channels instead of all accessible channels. Expand the watched scope after a short test session.

Verify setup

Run a local health check after changing provider keys, Slack app settings, channel scope, identity, schedule, or policy.

murph doctor

Use conservative policy

Keep auto-send off until you have reviewed how Murph drafts, grounds, queues, and skips replies in your workspace.

Review triage

Check triage after each early session. Triage shows the message, context, tool calls, policy decision, and final action.

Reconnect after scope changes

Reconnect Slack after adding app scopes or changing user-search consent. This lets Murph store fresh local credentials.

Keep plugin work scoped

Create local extensions as scoped plugins first. Use source-edit runs only when a change must modify Murph core.