Slack

Overview of the Slack BDK Book.

Overview

Slack is a leading business communication platform featuring channels, direct messaging, and integrations. This integration allows automated message sending, channel management, file sharing, and team notification workflows. Enhance team communication and streamline collaborative work processes.

Prerequisites

1. Add the Book to Your Agent

To use the Slack (BDK) Book, you need to first add it to your agent. This allows the agent to learn and understand the automation procedures in the Book. Follow the steps below:

1. Go to Books from the left navigation menu.

2. Click on + New Book.

3. Search for Slack (BDK) and click on the book.

4. You'll be prompted for connectivity details if the book requires configuration.

5. Click on Add to finish adding the book to your agent.

6. Publish your agent.

Connectivity

This section outlines the available methods for connecting to the Book, along with the required configuration details for each.

Connect using Token

Connect to an API using the provided API key.

Label	Description	Type
Token	The Slack token	sensitive

Configuration

The following table details all the available configuration options for this book.

Concept	Description	Type	Default Value
timeout	Timeout in seconds when making API calls to Slack	number	30
timezone	Timezone info for the slack API call	text	Etc/UTC

Configuration can be set or retrieved as shown in the following examples:

the department's Slack's timeout is 30

the department's Slack's timezone is Etc/UTC