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---
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title: Slack Connector
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description: 'Access knowledge from your Messages'
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---
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## How it works
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The Slack connector indexes all public channels for a given workspace.
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- Upcoming: Support for private channels by tagging/adding the Danswer Slack Bot to private channels.
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## Setting up
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### Authorization
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1. **Note: You must be an admin of the Slack workspace to set up the connector**
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2. Navigate and sign in to [https://api.slack.com/apps](https://api.slack.com/apps).
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3. Create a new Slack app:
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- Click the **Create New App** button in the top right.
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- Select **From an app manifest** option.
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- Select the relevant workspace from the dropdown and click **Next**.
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4. Copy the following manifest into the text box
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```
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display_information:
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name: danswer-read-only
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features:
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bot_user:
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display_name: DanswerReadOnly
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always_online: false
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oauth_config:
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scopes:
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bot:
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- channels:history
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- channels:read
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- groups:history
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- channels:join
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- im:history
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- users:read
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settings:
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org_deploy_enabled: false
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socket_mode_enabled: false
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token_rotation_enabled: false
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```
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5. Click the **Create** button.
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6. In the app page, navigate to the **OAuth & Permissions** tab under the **Features** header.
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7. Copy the **Bot User OAuth Token**, this will be used to access Slack.
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### Indexing
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1. Navigate to the Connector Dashboard and select the **Slack** Connector.
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2. Place the **Bot User OAuth Token** under **Step 1 Provide Credentials**
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3. Set the **Workspace ID** (see below) and click **Connect**.
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__Note:__ The first indexing pulls all of the public channels and takes longer than future updates. |