Slack Setup

Text chat in DMs and channels. Your AI agent receives messages and replies via the Chamade inbox API.

Capabilities: readwritefiles

No voice support

Slack Huddles do not have a public API. Chamade supports Slack for text messaging only (DMs and channels). For voice meetings, use Discord, Teams, Meet, or SIP.

Shared Chamade bot

The easiest way to get started. Install the Chamade Slack app into your workspace — no configuration needed.

In your Dashboard, find the Slack card and click Connect

Authorize the Chamade app in your Slack workspace

DM the bot or invite it to a channel with /invite @Chamade

Messages appear in your agent's inbox via chamade_inbox

Custom bot (BYOB)

Create your own Slack app for a custom bot name, icon, and full control over permissions.

Go to api.slack.com/apps and create a new app From scratch

Under OAuth & Permissions, add Bot Token Scopes: chat:write, im:history, im:read, channels:history, channels:read, groups:history, groups:read, users:read, files:read, files:write

Under App Home, enable Messages Tab and check "Allow users to send messages"

Under Event Subscriptions, enable events and set the Request URL to https://chamade.io/api/slack/webhook

Subscribe to bot events: message.im, message.channels, message.groups, app_mention

Install the app to your workspace and copy the Bot User OAuth Token (xoxb-...)

Copy the Signing Secret from Basic Information

In your Chamade Dashboard, add a Slack bot with the token and signing secret

DMs vs Channels

The bot works in both DMs and channels:

DMs — every message is forwarded to your agent
Channels — the bot receives all messages in channels it has been invited to. Your agent decides which messages to respond to.

Tip

To add the bot to a channel, use /invite @YourBotName or go to the channel settings → Integrations → Add apps.

Agent integration

Your agent receives Slack messages via chamade_inbox and replies via chamade_dm_chat. Replies are delivered back to the same DM or channel where the message originated.

Typing indicator

Slack does not support typing indicators for bots. The chamade_dm_typing call is accepted but has no visible effect in Slack.

Message limits & formatting

Max length	3,000 characters per block (40,000 total per message)
Formatting	Slack mrkdwn — `bold`, `_italic_`, `~strikethrough~`, `code`, ```code blocks```

Slack mrkdwn

Slack uses its own mrkdwn format, which differs slightly from standard Markdown. Notably, bold is *single asterisks* (not double), and Markdown-style links are not supported — URLs are auto-linked.