Description
Sends a Slack message to a specific conversation via the Slack SDK. This requires you to install the application in your workspace and provide a token
Input Schema
| Property | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| token | string | The token to use to authenticate with the Slack API. This is only used if the token is not supplied in the app configuration. | |
| message | string | The message to send via webhook | |
| conversationId | string | The ID of the conversation to send the message to. Either this or the conversation name must be specified here or in the app configuration. If both are specified, the conversation ID will be used. | |
| conversationName | string | The name of the conversation to send the message to. This is only used if the conversation ID is not specified. |
Output Schema
No output schema defined for this action.
Usage Examples
Notify a Slack channel after publishing a new service repository
Send a plain text message to a specific Slack conversation once the repository is published. Use this to notify the team channel after fetch:template and publish:github complete.
steps:
- id: fetch
action: fetch:template
input:
url: ./skeleton
- id: publish
action: publish:github
input:
repoUrl: github.com?owner=platform&repo=${{ parameters.component_id }}
defaultBranch: main
repoVisibility: private
- id: notify_slack
action: slack:sendMessage:conversation
input:
token: ${{ secrets.slack_bot_token }}
conversationId: C012AB3CD
text: |
<!channel> New service created: ${{ steps.publish.output.remoteUrl }}
Owner: ${{ parameters.owner }}
Requested by: ${{ user.entity.metadata.name }}Send a rich Slack block message to a specific conversation
Post a structured message using Slack blocks to a conversation ID. Use this to provide clear metadata and links after publish:github.
steps:
- id: fetch
action: fetch:template
input:
url: ./skeleton
- id: publish
action: publish:github
input:
repoUrl: github.com?owner=payments&repo=${{ parameters.component_id }}
defaultBranch: main
repoVisibility: internal
- id: announce_in_slack
action: slack:sendMessage:conversation
input:
token: ${{ secrets.slack_bot_token }}
conversationId: ${{ parameters.slackConversationId }}
text: "New component scaffolded"
blocks:
- type: header
text:
type: plain_text
text: "Service ${{ parameters.component_id }} scaffolded"
emoji: false
- type: section
fields:
- type: mrkdwn
text: "*Repository*\n<${{ steps.publish.output.remoteUrl }}|${{ parameters.component_id }}>"
- type: mrkdwn
text: "*Owner*\n${{ parameters.owner }}"
- type: context
elements:
- type: mrkdwn
text: "Requested by ${{ user.entity.metadata.name }}"