# Slack

> What the Slack source shows in Conversations, and how to paste a Slack thread in.

Source: https://groupthink.com/docs/slack_source/
Last updated: 2026-10-05

**Slack** is one of the sources listed under **Conversations** in the left sidebar. It is the list of Slack threads you pasted in. This page says what the source shows and how to save a thread to it. To send meeting summaries out to Slack, see [Slack](/docs/connect_slack) under Integrations.

## What it brings in

Slack threads, one at a time, by paste. The card in the Slack pane is called **Slack threads** and reads: "Pull threads into a person's details without installing an app. Copy the thread's messages in Slack and paste them here."

A Slack activity digest that you forward by email shows in this list too. See [Email](/docs/forward_notes_by_email).

## Turn it on

There is no switch. The **Slack threads** card shows **Available via paste**. To save a thread:

1. In the left sidebar, click **Slack** under **Conversations**.
2. At the top of the page is the **Slack settings** pane. If it is closed, click **Source settings**.
3. On the **Slack threads** card, click **Paste a Slack thread**.
4. Paste the thread into the **Slack thread** box. Its placeholder reads "Paste the thread's text here…".
5. Under **Who is it with? (optional)**, search for a contact or create one. You can leave it blank.
6. Click **Save thread**.

Two notes sit under the fields:

- Under the box: "Paste the messages, not only a link. Groupthink can't open Slack, so a link on its own is saved as just the link."
- Under the person field: "Pick someone and the thread is read into their details. Leave it blank and the thread is saved without a person."

When the thread is saved, a green message reads "Saved. It is in the list below." If you picked a person, it names them, for example "Saved for Adam Smith. It is in the list below." Click **Done** to close the box.

If you paste the same thread twice, the message reads "You already saved this exact thread, so nothing new was added."

The same card is under **Settings > Capture**.

## What you see

The page is titled **Slack**, with this line under the title: "Slack threads Groupthink took in, newest first."

Before anything has come in, the page reads **Nothing from Slack yet** and the **Slack settings** pane is open. Once there are threads in the list, the pane starts closed. Click **Source settings** to open it.

Each saved thread is a row with a **Slack** chip. If you picked a person, the row shows their name, which opens their page, and a **Move to someone else** button.

A thread saved without a person shows no name, and its row has no button to add one. Pick the person before you click **Save thread** if you want their name on it.

## Related

- [Slack](/docs/connect_slack): send meeting summaries from Groupthink to a Slack channel or DM.
- [Email](/docs/forward_notes_by_email): forward notes and digests to your Groupthink address.
- [Conversations](/docs/conversations): the full feed and the other sources.