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.