Slack

A Slack trigger interface allows users to run workflows seamlessly and directly from Slack. Triggers on Slack can be set based on a mention, channel, keyword, or combination.

You can use this feature to create your assistant directly on Slack. Remember that you have to invite the Spotbot into the channels where you want to run the workflow

The Slack Trigger function has the following configs and inputs:

• Mention: You can define a trigger for your workflow whenever a user is tagged on Slack
• Channel: You can define a trigger for your workflow whenever a message is sent in a specific channel
• Keyword: You can define a Keyword that, once mentioned on Slack, will trigger the workflow
• Inputs: On the input variable, you can define the input variable of the workflow to receive a value from the message body, the channel it is running on, the message ID, or even Timestamp

Remember, if you leave all the configs empty, the workflow will run for any Slack message

Take, for example, this workflow for a researcher agent workflow.

Firstly, the triggers should be set up. In this case, we want the trigger to be activated when a specific user is mentioned in a given channel and with a message containing the keyword research

Secondly, the web researcher agent should be connected to a Slack Writer to return the output to the correct Slack channel.

And finally, the trigger can be actioned directly on your Slack, as shown in the example below.