Unlock your productivity potential with Slack Platform

Connect, simplify, and automate work.

Save time with Slack's new automations

Assemble automations using modular, shareable, and remixable building blocks.

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

Construct complex workflows by chaining functions together.

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

Managed infrastructure

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

Datastores

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

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.


Hello World

Send a greeting to channel

Request Time Off

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

Github Functions

A collection of functions that map to oft-used functionality on GitHub

Give Kudos

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

Build Slack apps

Customize your Slack experience with apps using a wide range of APIs.

Stay up-to-date

Aug 8, 2024

Version 2.29.1 of the developer tools for the Slack automations platform has arrived!

    We updated the shell called in Windows commands from pwsh to powershell for better backwards compatibility.
    We added the ability to retrieve manifest information using the --source flag with the manifest info command. The flag can be set to either project or remote.
    We fixed an issue to raise any errors in the Slack CLI that may occur when running the npm install command.
    We fixed a bug to replace the --workspace flag recommendation with a --team flag recommendation.

Aug 2, 2024

In the Deno Slack API 2.8.0 release, we've added an event_timestamp property to all event trigger data objects. Refer to the event response object for more details.

Jul 25, 2024

Version 2.28.0 of the developer tools for the Slack automations platform has landed! We made a few updates behind the scenes to keep things running smoothly.

Jul 11, 2024

Version 2.27.1 of the developer tools for the Slack automations platform has made a splash!

    We've fixed a bug to allow development hosts to start up faster.
    We now print a warning if either the SLACK_APP_TOKEN or the SLACK_BOT_TOKEN does not match its installed value.

Jul 3, 2024

In the Deno Slack SDK 2.13.0 and 2.14.0 releases, we've added API methods to support Slack canvas and Slack Connect. See the Deno Slack API 2.5.0, 2.6.0, and 2.7.0 updates for more details.

Jul 2, 2024

In the Deno Slack API 2.7.0 release, we've added support for the following API methods: