Our deepest integration, designed to keep your team on the same page.
Why integrate with Slack?
Use the
/slabcommand to search for and create posts.Get all Slab notifications sent as direct messages from our Slab bot.
Search Slack from Slab.
Sign in with Slack and give your teammates an easy way to log in.
/slab command to search and create
Use /slab search [query] to search for posts and share the result directly in the channel.
Need to start a new post? Use /slab create [title].
✏️ Note: To enable this feature, a one-time setup by your admin is required. See the Admin setup guide below for details.
Push notifications to Slack
You can send Slab notifications to Slack instead of — or in addition to — your email. Follow this guide to learn how to set up notifications.
✏️ Note: To enable this feature, a one-time setup by your admin is required. See the Admin setup guide below for details.
Team Unified Search
Any teammate can use Unified Search to search their Slack channels within Slab!
✏️ Note: To enable this feature, a one-time setup by your admin is required. See the Admin setup guide below for details.
Individual Unified Search
You can search your Slack channels directly in Slab. No need to open multiple tabs and dig through multiple sources anymore.
To enable search just for you, follow this guide.
Slack SSO
You don't have to remember to add every new hire to Slab each time. You can enable Slack Single Sign-On (SSO) to allow people on your team access.
✏️ Note: To enable this feature, a one-time setup by your admin is required. See the Admin setup guide below for details.
Admin setup guide
As an admin, you can set up the Slack integration for your team to use, and control their permissions:
Click your team name in the top-left corner of the sidebar.
Click Team settings in the dropdown menu.
Click on the Integrations tab, and find Slack in the list of integrations.
Click Modify or Enable and follow the instructions in the modal to finish enabling the integration.
Under the Search tab, you can control which channels your team can search in.
Under the Authentication tab, you can enable Slack Single Sign-On for your team.
After you've set up Slack, you might need to approve the app from Slack. First check if you have the Require App Approval setting enabled under <YOUR_TEAM>.slack.com/apps/manage/settings
If it is enabled, you'll need to approve the Slab app request:
Go to Requests in the left navigation bar.
Click the ... menu next to Slab.
Click Approve for this workspace.
✏️ Note: You need to be an owner of the Slack workspace to do this.