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Slack

Send messages to your own Slack channels from your app through your Slack bot.

Connecting

Create a Slack app with the chat:write scope, install it to your workspace, then copy the Bot User OAuth Token from the app’s OAuth and Permissions page.

Send a message

  • channel: The channel the message lands in, picked in the Channel setting. Required.
  • text: The message itself, plain text. Required.

Answers with: ts, channel, ok, error.

Triggers

  • Message posted: arrives the moment it happens.
  • Bot mentioned: arrives the moment it happens.
  • Reaction added: arrives the moment it happens.
  • Channel created: arrives the moment it happens.

Settings

  • Channel: The channel your app sends to. The bot must be invited to it.
  • Message: The message with field slots, or bind an input on screen.

What it stores

Sent messages (channel, text, ts)

Where it speaks

This connection reaches https://slack.com and nowhere else. The hosts are fixed by declaration.

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