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Supercharge your Slack Productivity

By : Moshe Markovich
Book Image

Supercharge your Slack Productivity

By: Moshe Markovich

Overview of this book

Slack is an online communication tool that allows workplace teams to collaborate efficiently, effectively, and securely. It’s the leading channel-based messaging platform used by millions to align their teams, unify their systems, and drive their businesses forward. As a developer, you can use Slack to create tools such as bots that handle and maintain routine and time-consuming tasks. If you’re looking to set up a Slack workplace or build a Slack bot or app, this is the book for you. In this book, you’ll explore scenarios that show you how to set up a Slack workplace, build a Slack bot, or integrate your favorite tools. You’ll also learn how Slack can help you create a more collaborative, efficient, and coordinated work environment from any location. As you advance through the chapters, you'll find out how to manage your tasks and boost your business productivity by automating the trivial tasks. You'll also cover more advanced features such as using a Slack bot to complete tasks, including automating message responses and accessing personal reminders. By the end of this Slack book, you'll have learned how to use Slack effectively to communicate with your team and build bots and have gained a solid understanding of how the platform can help you to progress in your industry.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Section 1: Slack Overview
7
Section 2: How to Use Third-Party Applications and Bots
12
Section 3: How to Build Your Own Bots

Apps unsuitable for the App Directory

While the App Directory accepts many applications to be featured and shared with the rest of the Slack world, there are some aspects of an app that would make it unsuitable. Apps that would not be accepted to the App Directory include apps with the following features:

  • Export or back up message data.
  • Are built for the sole purpose of searching Slack messages outside of Slack.
  • Use legacy scopes or methods.
  • Allow possibly destructive behavior such as deleting files.
  • Embed Slack into another site.
  • Only use Sign in with Slack functionality.
  • Replicate Slack client functionality or are third-party Slack clients.
  • Request a large number of scopes for simple, non-work-related functionality.
  • Share sensitive information in Slack.
  • Circumvent admin features in Slack.
  • Do not provide any functionality that the App Directory team deems valuable to Slack.

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