> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.deductive.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect Slack

> Install the Deductive Slack app at the workspace level. One-time, ~5 minutes. After this your team can wire their own channels.

The Slack app gets installed once at the workspace level. After that, every member of your team can `/invite @Deductive` into channels and configure per-channel alert routing without admin involvement. Your job is the install.

## Step 1: Install the Slack app

1. In Deductive, open **Integrations → Slack**.
2. Click **Install Slack app**. You'll be redirected to Slack's standard app authorization screen.
3. Pick the Slack workspace where your team's alerts post. (If you administer multiple workspaces, double-check.)
4. Slack shows you the requested OAuth scopes. Read messages from public channels the bot is invited to, post messages, read alert metadata. Click **Allow**.
5. You'll be redirected back to Deductive. The Slack connector flips to a green dot.

<Frame caption="Slack OAuth authorization screen. The scopes requested are read-only on channels the bot is invited to.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/deductiveai/7z26VgMEX-b9luH-/images/admins/slack/install-slack.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=7z26VgMEX-b9luH-&q=85&s=cf069c5451ea55953b4c3dab93004307" alt="Slack OAuth authorization screen" width="1551" height="1014" data-path="images/admins/slack/install-slack.png" />
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<Note>
  Slack requires a workspace admin to authorize new apps unless your workspace allows non-admin installs. If you hit a "must be approved by an admin" wall, request approval through Slack's flow and resume here once it's granted.
</Note>

## Step 2: Verify the bot is in your workspace

Open Slack. Search for `@Deductive` in the people sidebar. You should see the bot listed as a workspace member. Send it a quick DM (`hi` is enough) and you should get a "👋 ready" reply within a few seconds.

<Frame caption="The Deductive bot's profile in Slack. The bot is workspace-level; you'll add it to specific channels next.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/deductiveai/7z26VgMEX-b9luH-/images/admins/slack/bot-profile.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=7z26VgMEX-b9luH-&q=85&s=b0e67c53b3e615be31579b4aa5e0f0df" alt="Deductive bot profile in Slack" width="1165" height="1350" data-path="images/admins/slack/bot-profile.png" />
</Frame>

## Step 3: Invite the bot to one channel as a smoke test

You don't need to invite the bot to every alert channel right now. That's a per-team thing your members will do themselves. But it's worth proving the channel-level integration works once.

1. Pick any channel. Your own DM, a sandbox channel, or your real `#alerts` channel.
2. `/invite @Deductive`
3. Type `@Deductive what can you do?` in the channel. The bot should reply with a short capabilities summary.

If you get a reply, your team is now unblocked.

## Step 4: Hand off to the team

The rest of Slack setup is per-channel and per-team. Your team members can do it themselves without admin involvement. Point them at:

* [Use Deductive in Slack](/users/in-slack). Daily Slack use patterns.
* [Wire alerts to auto-investigate](/users/auto-alerts). Channel filters, custom regex, triage mode.

You don't need to pre-configure any of this. Different teams will want different alert routing, and the user docs walk them through it.

## What just happened

The Slack workspace knows the Deductive bot, OAuth is in place, and the bot can be invited into channels. Per-channel alert routing, custom regex patterns, triage-mode toggles. All of that is user-track work, not admin-track. You're out of the loop.

## Try this next

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  <Card title="Done-when checklist" icon="square-check" href="/admins/checklist">
    Confirm the workspace is genuinely ready before sharing user docs with your team.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>