Slack Integration

Slack Integration

Combine Slite with Slack for a practical and powerful integration that keeps your team in sync.
Search your workspace, ask questions, and write or edit Slite content directly from Slack with the @Slite bot—bringing the full power of the web app into Slack.
Slite now has a single Slack app
Ask, notifications, doc unfurling and the Slite Agent are all handled by one app. Installing from your Slite settings or from Agent Sources connects the same app.

How the Slack integration works

Connecting Slite to Slack will allow you to:
  •  Ask⁠  your knowledge base questions using Slite's AI assistant by mentioning the @Slite bot in your message.
  • Write, create, and edit Slite docs directly from Slack using the @Slite bot, supporting the same capabilities as the web app.
  • Share Slite Docs that display rich unfurls (previews).
  • Set up your personal Slite notifications.
  • Sync Slite Channel updates to Slack Channels, receiving notifications when a doc is created or updated.
Slack content can be added as a Data Source for the Slite Agent, so your team can surface it in context.
Learn more about  Data Sources⁠ .

How to set up the Slack integration

1) Set up the workspace integration

To install the Slack app from Slite or from Agent Sources, you need the right permissions in both platforms. In Slite, by default only Admins or Owners can add or remove Agent sources, unless a Slite admin enables the setting that lets all members do so. In Slack, any member can install apps by default; if the workspace has app approvals enabled, you must be a Slack Owner or Admin.
    Go to the Integrations section in your Slite settings, click Add Integrations , then click Install next to Slack.
The Slite app is not listed on the Slack Marketplace, so install it from Slite rather than searching for it in Slack. During the transition, workspace integrations still connect through the Super Slack app, so the bot may appear as @Super in Slack; mention it under the name it shows in your workspace.

2) Link or unlink your Slite and Slack accounts

When an administrator first connects Slite to Slack, Slite users whose email address matches their Slack account are linked automatically.
You can personally disconnect your Slite and Slack accounts:
    Click your workspace logo in the top-left corner.
    Select Settings from the menu, then stay in the My settings section.
    In the Notifications sub-section, click Disconnect Slack account .
If your Slite and Slack accounts use different email addresses, you can link them manually in settings.

3) Set up the @Slite bot in Slack channels

You will first need to have completed the  workspace integration⁠ , then this particular connection can be setup by individual users and does not involve an admin or owner.
    Invite the bot to a channel: type /invite @Slite in it, or tag @Slite in a channel it has not joined and choose "Add them". The bot works in public and private channels.
    Mention @slite in your message, which will send your message along with the entire thread to Slite.
    The bot will infer your question, and send its reply along with links to the sources.
To follow up, tag @Slite again in the thread. To remove the bot from a channel, type /remove @Slite in the message box. You can also direct message @Slite; in a DM you don't need to tag it after the first message.
How to avoid sharing sensitive information?
The bot answers based on the Slite docs and connected agent sources you have access to, which other members of your team may not have access to. An answer posted in a public channel is visible to everyone in that channel, even when it draws on sources only you can access. If you deem the answer to be sensitive, you can click the Delete button in the Slack reply and it won't be shared.

Sharing docs to Slack

To share a doc in Slack, copy the doc's link and paste it directly into any Slack message or channel. When the Slack integration is installed, Slack will display a rich preview (unfurl) of the doc.

Getting notifications on Slack

Slack notifications are available for individuals.
Once the integration setup has been configured, any user can set up these notifications.
    Click your workspace logo in the top-left corner.
    Select Settings from the menu, then stay in the My settings section.
    In the Notifications sub-section, toggle Slack notifications on or off.

Syncing Slite channel activity

This requires the integration setup to be completed.
You can choose to get notifications in Slack when a doc in a channel is created, updated or commented.
    In the sidebar, right-click the channel you want to sync.
    Choose Get notifications in Slack.