Connecting Slack
Connecting Slack lets agents help with your team's conversations — like posting updates, summarizing channels, or replying to messages. This article explains how to connect it and what to expect.
Why connect Slack
With Slack connected, you can ask for things like:
- Posting an update or announcement to a channel
- Summarizing a busy channel or thread
- Drafting and sending a reply on your behalf
You can also bring work into Hirebase from Slack, so a request made in a channel becomes a task.
How to connect
- Go to the integrations area of your workspace.
- Find Slack in the list of available connections.
- Choose to connect it. You'll be taken to Slack to sign in.
- Pick the Slack workspace you want to connect, and review the permissions.
- Approve, and you'll return to Hirebase with Slack connected.
The sign-in happens securely on Slack's side. Hirebase never sees your Slack password.
What permissions are used for
The access you grant lets agents read and post messages only as part of the tasks you give them. An agent acts within the task you've created — it won't post on its own initiative.
Posting messages is always reviewed
Posting to Slack affects your team, so an agent will pause and ask for approval before posting — even when a task is set to act automatically. You'll see the message before it's sent.
If the connection stops working
If Slack access is revoked or expires, agents won't be able to use it until you reconnect. If a task reports it can't access Slack, reconnect it from the integrations area.
Disconnecting
You can disconnect Slack at any time from the integrations area. See Managing connected integrations.