Slack Setup Review: Completed and Pending

Slack Setup Review: Completed and Pending | Generated by AI

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Here’s a comprehensive review of the Slack setup steps we’ve completed and what’s still needed: 🦞

✅ Completed Steps

Slack App Created — You created a Slack app in your workspace.
Bot Token Configured — Added the xoxb-... bot token to OpenClaw.
App-Level Token Configured — Added the xapp-... app-level token for socket mode.
Gateway Restarted — The gateway restarted and Slack socket mode is now connected.
Plugin Loaded — The Slack plugin shows as loaded in the plugin list.

🔧 Still Needed (Slack-Side Configuration)

1. Event Subscriptions

In your Slack app dashboard (api.slack.com/apps):

Go to Event Subscriptions
Turn Enable Events to On
Under Subscribe to bot events, add:
- message.channels — for public channel messages
- message.groups — for private channel messages
- message.im — for direct messages
- message.mpim — for group DMs
- app_mention — for when someone mentions the bot
Click Save Changes

2. OAuth Scopes (Verify)

In OAuth & Permissions → Bot Token Scopes, ensure these are added:

chat:write
channels:history
channels:read
groups:history
groups:read
im:history
im:read
im:write
mpim:history
mpim:read
mpim:write
app_mentions:read

3. Invite Bot to Channel

In each Slack channel where you want the bot to respond:

Type /invite @YourBotName to add it to the channel

4. Socket Mode (Verify)

In Socket Mode on the Slack app dashboard:

Make sure Socket Mode is Enabled
The app-level token should already be active

🧪 Testing

After completing the above:

Send a message in a channel where the bot is invited.
Check the logs with tail -f /tmp/openclaw/openclaw-2026-04-05.log | grep slack to see if events are coming through.

Want me to check the logs again after you’ve verified these settings?

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