Getting Started with SlackBot

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Introduction

Slack is a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform that allows teams and coworkers to communicate over channels, direct messages, and share files. The platform is designed for businesses and organizations of all sizes, from small startups to large corporations.

Slack offers a centralized team collaboration and communication platform, reducing the need for long email threads and scattered communications across multiple channels. It provides a range of productivity features, including file sharing, task management, project management, team scheduling, and third-party app integrations.

Slack is highly customizable, allowing users to create and join different channels based on different topics, teams, or projects. Users can also personalize their notifications, set reminders, and automate routine tasks to make their workflows more efficient.

Importance of Slackbot

Slackbots may be important to businesses and teams

1. Efficiency: Slackbots can automate repetitive tasks and provide quick access to information, which can save time for users.
2. Increased productivity: By delegating tasks to Slackbots, teams can focus on more important tasks that require human creativity and problem-solving skills.
3. Improved communication: Slackbots can help streamline communication within teams, by sending reminders, notifications and facilitating discussions.
4. Better organization: Slackbots can be used to manage projects, assign tasks, and keep track of deadlines, ensuring that teams are on top of their work.
5. Customization: Slackbots can be customized to fit the specific needs and workflows of a business or team, providing a personalized experience.

Slackbot Creation Manual

1. Create an app From scratch.

2. Give a name and select the workspace

3. In basic information we get the Signing Secret

4. After creating the AWS lambda function. Choose Event Subscription.

5. Enable Events.

6. Add the URL of gateway. If the code for the lambda is correct then it will return verified.

7. Subscribe to bot events and save changes.

8. The resultant homepage would change.

9. Install the App and add to the channel required.

10. We can get the OAuth token now from the App dashboard and add it to env variable in Lambda and change the code if needed.

11. Add scope for chat:write too.