Slack Integration

Connect Slack to receive notifications from your assistant directly in Slack.

What’s included

With Slack connected, your assistant can:

Currently, Slack integration only supports sending direct messages to yourself. Your assistant cannot message other users or channels.

Tool	Description
`slack_dm_user`	Send a direct message to yourself

Get important notifications in Slack instead of email:

Slack notifications can be faster than email:

Use Slack for specific workflow types:

A workflow monitoring for urgent emails might:


When an email with "URGENT" in the subject arrives:
1. Read the email
2. Extract key details
3. Send Slack DM with summary and link

This way you get instant Slack notification for urgent items.

During Slack authorization, you select which workspace to connect. Town will use this workspace for all Slack notifications.

Town automatically detects your Slack user ID during authorization. All DMs go to your account.

Use for urgent notifications. Slack is great for time-sensitive alerts. Use email for summaries and reports.

Don’t over-notify. Too many Slack messages can be as overwhelming as email. Be selective about what triggers Slack notifications.

Combine with email. A workflow can send a Slack alert AND an email. Use Slack for the ping, email for the details.

Current Slack integration limitations:

Slack has rate limits on messages. If you’re hitting limits: