Installation and upgrades

Note: Installation must be done by a Conveyor Admin and requires approval from a Slack Admin

Setup - New Installation

Follow these instructions if your organization is setting up Slack for the first time.

Step 1: While logged in as an account owner, navigate to "Organization Preferences" in the bottom-left of your screen. Click "Add Integration" --> Slack.

Step 2: When shown the Slack instructions click on Authenticate

Step 3: Review the scope of access and click Allow

That's it! You can now type:

/conveyor help

into Slack to see a list of available commands:

Permission Scopes

The ConveyorAI Slack app can only read messages sent directly to it.

The specific Slack permission scopes (https://api.slack.com/scopes) are:

app_mentions:read: View messages that directly mention @your_slack_app in conversations that the app is in
channels:read: View basic information about public channels in a workspace
chat:write: Post messages in approved channels & conversations
chat:write.public: Send messages to channels @Conveyor isn't a member of
commands: Add shortcuts and/or slash commands that people can use
files:read: View files shared in channels and conversations that your Slack app has been added to
files:write: Upload, edit, and delete files as your Slack app
groups:read: View basic information about private channels that your Slack app has been added to
im:history: View messages and other content in direct messages that your Slack app has been added to
reactions:read: View emoji reactions and their associated content in channels and conversations that your slack app has been added to
reactions:write: Add and edit emoji reactions
users:read.email: View email addresses of people in a workspace
users:read: View people in a workspace

Renaming Your Slackbot

To rename the Conveyor Slackbot, a Slack administrator in your organization can navigate to the Conveyor app configuration page. Then, hit "Edit" under "Bot User" to update the bot to the name of your choice.

Troubleshooting

The most common problems when setting up the integration is not using a Slack admin account. Otherwise, please contact [email protected] any problems persists.