Slack

Overview

Connect Groupthink to Slack and your meeting summaries show up where your team already works. When a meeting recap is ready, Groupthink can post the summary to a Slack channel or send it to people as a direct message, each with a button that links straight to the full recap and recording.

Connecting Slack happens in two parts. First someone adds Groupthink to your Slack workspace from the Connections tab. After that, you choose which meeting events post to Slack and where they go.

This page is about what Groupthink sends to Slack. To bring a Slack thread into Groupthink, see Slack under Conversations.

Heads up: Slack notifications are a paid feature

Slack notifications need an active trial or a paid subscription. Without one, the Slack control shows a red badge with an upgrade prompt, and clicking it takes you to User settings > Account > Billing. Once you are on a trial or a paid plan, the Slack controls become active.

Getting Started

Step 1: Add Groupthink to your Slack workspace

You will need permission to install new apps in your Slack workspace. If you do not have it, your Slack workspace administrator can complete this step.

1. Click your name at the bottom of the left sidebar to open the user menu, then click User settings.
2. Open the Connections tab.
3. Click Add connection and choose Slack from the list.
4. On the Slack connection screen, click Connect to Slack. You will be redirected to Slack to authorize access.
5. Sign in to Slack if you are not already signed in, select the workspace you want to connect, and approve the requested permissions.
6. After you approve, Slack returns you to the Connections tab, where the new Slack connection now appears.

Step 2: Groupthink uses your first Slack connection

There is nothing to pick. The first Slack connection you add is the one Groupthink sends through. If you remove it, add Slack again from the Connections tab.

Choosing what posts to Slack and where

You choose Slack delivery on each agenda. Open the agenda, click the gear icon to open Note Settings, and find the notifications table. Each notification has a Slack control that is a dropdown, not an on or off toggle. Set it to one of:

• Off, so this notification does not post to Slack.
• DM All Attendees, so Groupthink direct messages each attendee.
• A channel name, so Groupthink posts to that Slack channel.

The list of channels comes from the channels the Groupthink app can see in your connected workspace.

Because the setting lives on the agenda, each recurring meeting can post to its own channel.

There is no organization-wide setting

Groupthink used to have an Organization settings window with a shared Notifications tab. That window has been removed. If your team set up organization-wide Slack notifications before then, they keep posting. To change or stop one, email support@groupthink.com.

Not personal notifications

Your personal notifications in User settings > Notifications have no Slack column. Personal Slack delivery was never wired up. Set Slack routing on the agenda instead. See Manage Notification Settings.

What a Slack post looks like

When a meeting recap is ready, the Slack message includes the meeting name, a subtitle with the date and host, a See Full Recap & Recording button that links to the meeting in Groupthink, and the meeting summary text. Direct messages from Groupthink arrive under Apps in your Slack sidebar.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does the Slack control show a red badge?

Slack notifications need an active trial or a paid subscription. Without one, the Slack control shows an upgrade prompt instead. Open User settings > Account > Billing to start a paid plan, and the Slack controls become active.

Where do I connect Slack?

In User settings > Connections. Click Add connection, choose Slack, then click Connect to Slack and authorize access. The button to connect is not on the Notifications tab.

What is the difference between a channel notification and a DM?

A channel notification posts to a shared Slack channel for everyone in it. A DM sends the notification privately to a person from the Groupthink app. An agenda's notifications can do either: set the Slack control to a channel name to post to that channel, or to DM All Attendees to message each attendee.

I am connected, but a notification is not posting. What should I check?

Confirm you are on a trial or a paid plan, confirm the Slack connection still appears under Connections, and confirm the notification you expect is set to a channel or DM rather than Off in the agenda's Note Settings.

Getting Help

Questions about connecting Slack? Email support@groupthink.com