Unlock your productivity potential with Slack Platform

Connect, simplify, and automate work.

Save time with Slack's new modular automation tools

With our new modular foundation, automation is grounded in building blocks. They're remixable, reusable, and hook into everything flowing in and out of Slack.

Functions

Create modular functions that automate work in Slack and connect with your services.

Share your functions so anyone can add them to their own workflows.

Workflows

Workflows let you create complex and adaptable automations by building chains of functions.

Use your custom functions, pick from pre-defined Slack functions, or combine both to get the workflows you want.

Triggers

Add triggers to customize how and when to kick off a workflow.

React to events in Slack, run on a schedule, or trigger from external services using webhooks.

Deploy ideas faster

Our developer tools simplify the most tedious parts of development and ensure your automations are enterprise-grade from day one.

Slack CLI

Fast track development by creating, scaffolding, and deploying functions and apps from the command line.

Run on Slack

Deploy your automations to secure and managed Slack infrastructure, so you can focus on building.

Built for Bolt

Easily extend new platform functionalities to your existing apps with Bolt, the development framework built by Slack.

Datastores

Streamline all your standard database operations by storing, querying and deleting data on Slack infrastructure.

App manifests

Save time when creating and configuring apps by using shareable and reusable manifest files.

Logging

Resolve issues faster by using function-level and app-level logging to debug.

Your work just works, on any device

Block Kit lets you build interfaces without a UI designer. It's available for use in surfaces across all devices without any extra code.

Be inspired

Get a fast start with samples and tutorials for common use cases.


Announcement Bot

Preview, post, and manage announcements sent to one or more channels

Give Kudos

Give kudos and share some kind words with anyone in your workspace

Virtual Running Buddies

Log runs and post a team leaderboard with stats once a week

Request Time Off

Send a time off request to a designated user to be approved or denied; uses interactivity handlers

Looking to build Slack apps?

Customize your Slack experience with apps. While you can build using a wide range of APIs, you'll miss out on our latest automation features and developer tools that are not compatible with apps.

Stay up-to-date

Jun 15, 2023

Version 2.4.0 of the developer tools for the next generation Slack platform is now available! We've updated the installation script with a couple new flags, as well as some other improvements.

Jun 1, 2023

Version 2.3.0 of the developer tools for the next generation Slack platform has arrived! We've added service token support in the CLI for improved CI/CD pipelines, as well as some other enhancements.

May 16, 2023

The team.accessLogs method now supports cursor-based pagination.

May 4, 2023

Version 2.2.0 of the developer tools for our beta Slack platform has landed! We've added some clarity around trigger permission and some new flags to help you on your quest—as well as some other enhancements.

May 2, 2023

We're modifying text presented in Slack message attachments (links to other messages in Slack) via the footer and channel_name fields for consistency.

Apr 24, 2023

Today we're announcing that the next generation Slack platform–which provides a faster, more flexible way to build automations on top of Slack–is generally available to developers. The platform's overhauled architecture gives developers more ways to build, code, and ship custom apps and workflows more quickly and easily in an environment that's both secure and compliant. Read the announcement or follow the Quickstart to get started today.