Supercharge Your Slack Productivity: Discover hacks and tips for managing and automating your workflow with Slack and Slack bots

Build Slack bots to automate your work and enhance your team’s productivity with Salesforce-powered Slack in a faster, better organized, and more secure way

Key Features

• Get to grips with setting up and creating Slack bots for your organization
• Integrate Slack with tools such as nTask and Tettra to manage all your applications in one place
• Understand when to buy and when to build bots

Book Description

Slack is an online communication tool that allows workplace teams to collaborate efficiently, effectively, and securely. It’s the leading channel-based messaging platform used by millions to align their teams, unify their systems, and drive their businesses forward. As a developer, you can use Slack to create tools such as bots that handle and maintain routine and time-consuming tasks. If you’re looking to set up a Slack workplace or build a Slack bot or app, this is the book for you.

In this book, you’ll explore scenarios that show you how to set up a Slack workplace, build a Slack bot, or integrate your favorite tools. You’ll also learn how Slack can help you create a more collaborative, efficient, and coordinated work environment from any location. As you advance through the chapters, you’ll find out how to manage your tasks and boost your business productivity by automating the trivial tasks. You’ll also cover more advanced features such as using a Slack bot to complete tasks, including automating message responses and accessing personal reminders.

By the end of this Slack book, you’ll have learned how to use Slack effectively to communicate with your team and build bots and have gained a solid understanding of how the platform can help you to progress in your industry.

What you will learn

• Understand how to set up a Slack workspace
• Migrate existing workspaces to your organization
• Explore expert tips and techniques for using Slack effectively
• Improve collaboration within your team by integrating multiple apps with Slack
• Find the right bots and apps to use for your workspace
• Discover how to build your own Slack bot
• Explore the right channels on Slack to improve your presence in professional communities
• Find the best solutions for automating your work directly through Slack

Who this book is for

Supercharge your Slack Productivity is for professionals in organizations, businesses, or communities who are already using Slack or looking to use it for improving communication. With this book, you’ll understand how Slack can make your work life simpler by automating routine tasks and managing all the tools you need in one place for working with or managing remote teams efficiently.

Table of Contents

1. Getting started with Slack
2. Setting up your Slack workspace
3. Slack features, tips and tricks
4. Onboarding your team to Slack
5. Using Slack externally with live chat, guests, and partners
6. Your workplace Slack bot
7. Integrating your favorite tools
8. Automate your workflow with Zapier
9. Slack API, Webhooks, Block Kits & SandBox
10. Building Your Own Bot
11. Buying, Building, and Outsourcing Your Bot
12. Distributing your App to the Slack App Directory