Slack

Interact with your AI character right from within Slack.

Setting up Slack Integration

• Navigate to https://api.slack.com/apps (opens in a new tab)
• Click the Create New App button, Select From scratch or From an app manifest. For this guide we'll select From scratch.
• Enter the app name and the workspace where you intend to have the app installed, and click Create App.
• Under Add features and functionality click on Permissions.
• Scroll down to Scopes and add the following scopes under Bot Token Scopes
  • app_mentions:read
  • chat:write
  • incoming-webhook
  • reactions:read
• Scroll up to OAuth Tokens for Your Workspace and click Install to Workspace
• After the successful installation you get your Bot User OAuth Token
• Copy the Bot User OAuth Token
• On ProteusAI go to Integrations -> App Integrations -> Add App Integration -> Slack
• Paste the Bot User OAuth Token in the input field and submit.
• Hover over the newly-added Slack Integration icon to expose the </> button.
• Click the </> button to expose the Slack webhook.
• Copy the Slack webhook.
• Go back to the Slack Apps page, to Events Subscriptions
• Enable events and paste the Slack webhook you copied earlier. Ensure you replace <YOUR_BOT_TOKEN> with the Bot User OAuth Token from a few steps earlier.
• Slack will immediately attempt to verify the webhook.
• On the same page, click on Subscribe to bot events
• Click on the Add Bot User Event and select app_mention
• Click Save Changes

Testing the Slack Integration

• Go to the Slack workspace for which you installed the Slack app
• You should now be able to see the installed app under the Apps section
• Go to the Slack channel for which you installed the Slack app and send a message, making sure to tag the Slack app.