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Slack trigger

Triggers

Starts a workflow from Slack: a message in chosen channels, a direct message, or an emoji reaction, optionally filtered by criteria you describe in plain English.

What the architect sets up

  • Which channels to watch, and whether direct messages count
  • Emoji reactions that can start a run
  • Plain-English criteria for which messages qualify
A Slack trigger in the workflow's entry-points panel: the watched channel, reactions, and plain-English criteria
As it appears in the workflow's entry-points panel in the editor.

How it behaves in a run

  • This is an entry point: it's how runs of the workflow begin.

Related

For developers: the API and MCP server identify this component as incoming_slack_event.