Slack

Connect Zenflow Work to Slack to send messages, monitor channels, and automate workspace communications.

Integration requires Zencoder account

Overview

The Slack integration lets the AI agent interact with your Slack workspace. Send messages, monitor channels, post updates, and automate communication workflows — all from within a Zenflow task.

Early access. Slack support is in early access and improving fast. Setup currently requires creating a Slack app per user, and some interaction patterns (channel mentions, multi-user workspaces, acting on running tasks) are on the near-term roadmap. We recommend Slack users start with 1:1 DMs with the bot while we work on the channel experience.

Known limitations:

• One Slack app per user. Each user currently creates their own Slack app and installs it into the workspace. Free Slack plans allow a maximum of 10 custom apps per workspace, which may be a constraint for larger teams.
• No channel mentions. The bot cannot currently be invoked with @mentions in channels. Interact via direct message to the bot instead.
• No live task interaction. You cannot message the bot to act on a task that’s already running. Start a new task from Slack and track updates in the same thread.
• Non-YOLO mode. Non-YOLO mode is not supported for Slack-initiated tasks during early access.

Connecting Slack

1. Open Zenflow Settings

   Navigate to Settings in the Zenflow sidebar, then click on Integrations.

2. Find Slack under Messengers for Zen Assistant

   Scroll to the Messengers for Zen Assistant section and locate Slack.

3. Click Connect

   Click Connect.

4. Create App

   If you already have app, skip to step X. Otherwise, click Create Slack App

   
5. App Creation

   Pick a workspace for your app

   

   If you’ve clicked Create Slack App previously, the scopes on the next screen will be prepopulated. Otherwise, use the following manifest:

   {"display_information":{"name":"Zen Assistant"},"features":{"app_home":{"messages_tab_enabled":true,"messages_tab_read_only_enabled":false},"bot_user":{"display_name":"Zen Assistant","always_online":true}},"oauth_config":{"scopes":{"bot":["chat:write","im:history","reactions:write","users:read"]}},"settings":{"event_subscriptions":{"bot_events":["message.im"]},"interactivity":{"is_enabled":false},"org_deploy_enabled":false,"socket_mode_enabled":true}}
   

   

   Once the app is created, you’ll be redirected to the “Basic Information” page.

6. App-Level Token Creation

   Scroll to App-Level Tokens section and click Generate Token and Scopes

   

   Give name to the token and add connetions:write scope, click Generate

   

   You will be shown the token, copy and store it, you will need it later

   
7. OAuth Token Creation

   Click OAuth & Permissions in the left column and in OAuth Tokens section click Install to … button

   

   You’ll be redirected to installation page, verify all the information and click Allow

   

   Installation approval

   Depending on your workspace settings this might require admin approval

   After installation, you should see OAuth token, copy and store it, you will need it later

   
8. User ID extraction

   Open your workspace in Slack, click on your profile picture, then click Profile in the menu

   

   Your profile will open up on the right, click tripple-dot button and select Copy member ID

   
9. Slack Connection Setup

   Paste App-Level Token, OAuth Token and Member ID from steps 6, 7 and 8 above into respective fields and click Connect Slack

   
10. Connection Established

    After successful connection you should see Connected as … for the Slack integration

    

What the Agent Can Do

• Send messages — Post messages to direct messages
• Post updates — Share task updates, reports, and summaries to direct messages

Example Use Cases

• Post daily project status summaries to me
• Send deployment notifications when PRs are merged

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