I am trying to set up scheduled, automated messaging to email and/or Slack based on the criteria outlined in JQL + the use of the ticket reporter or assignee.
You can use a Filter Subscription to do this. Check out the doc on Working with search results. Scroll down to the "Subscribe to search results" section and it explains what to do.
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