Integrating Slack with Athena allows enterprises to streamline communication and collaboration by leveraging Slack’s extensive messaging capabilities. By connecting Slack to Athena, you can index all public channels within a workspace, enabling seamless access to conversations and data. This integration ensures that important discussions and information are easily retrievable, enhancing productivity and decision-making processes.
Contact us at team@athenaintel.com to set up this integration.

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Step-by-step Instructions

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Authorization

You must be an admin of the Slack workspace to set up the Slack integration.
1

Sign in

Navigate to Slack and sign in.
2

Create a new Slack app

  • Click the Create New App button in the top right.
  • Select From an app manifest option.
  • Select the relevant workspace from the dropdown and click Next.
3

Add manifest

Contact us at team@athenaintel.com to get the manifest for your app.
  • Click the Create button.
4

Save the token

  • In the app page, navigate to the OAuth & Permissions tab under the Features header.
  • Copy the Bot User OAuth Token, this will be used to access Slack inside Athena.

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Indexing

1

Connect Slack

Navigate to Integrations and click on Slack.
2

Authorize

Place the Bot User OAuth Token when prompted.
3

Select workspaces

Select the workspaces you want to make searchable and click Connect.