While you're setting up your app, scroll to the Events API sidebar and subscribe to events that tell you when Slack Connect invitations have been received, accepted, approved, or declined: Since approval requires more authority than accepting invitations, apps with this feature can only be installed by a workspace owner or admin. This scope allows your app, as a bot user, to approve, decline, or list Slack Connect invitations. This scope allows your app, as a bot user, to receive events when your app is invited to a Slack Connect channel. This scope allows your app, as a bot user, to send and accept invitations to Slack Connect and receive events when invitations are accepted. Three scopes will help you on your journey: With an app created, it's time to obtain some scopes that represent the permissions you'll need for your app to manage Slack Connect. Don't fuss too much over either field-no matter what workspace you select, you'll still be able to distribute your app to other workspaces if you choose.

If you don't already have a Slack app, you'll need to create one:įill out your App Name and select the Development Workspace where you'll play around and build your app.

Approve or decline Slack Connect channel invitations once they've been made.

Accept Slack Connect channel invitations when your app's installed on the target workspace, making a Slack Connect channel in the target organization.

Invite users from an external organization to a new channel on the host workspace, making the channel into a Slack Connect channel for the host organization in the process.

With the right authorizations, your app can: Your app can help manage Slack Connect for a workspace or organization with the Slack Connect APIs. Slack Connect allows users between different workspaces and organizations to work together on Slack.

Invite users and make Slack Connect channels.

If, instead, you'd like to understand how to work with Slack Connect as a Slack app that does other things, read our general guide to Slack Connect for Slack apps. This guide covers using the Slack Connect APIs to manage Slack Connect for a workspace or organization.

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