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Dev tools · May 22, 2018

Actions from Slack

Turn Slack messages into tickets, issues, tasks, and more.

Actions from Slack launched on May 22, 2018 with 235 votes, #101 of 2,985 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

What it does

Actions turn Slack messages into inputs, enabling people to set work in motion and make sure nothing falls through the cracks between Slack and the tools they use for work. https://medium.com/slack-developer-blog/introducing-actions-a-simple-shortcut-attached-to-every-slack-message-e2404414ece.

Shortcuts let users quickly trigger workflows from various prominent locations within Slack. Shortcuts can trigger modals and other app interactions . When someone uses one of your shortcuts, your app will receive some context about what happened in an interaction payload . They are gateways to powerful, productive workflows. Apps can create global shortcuts that are available from anywhere in Slack, and message shortcuts that are shown only in message context menus. Global shortcuts are available to users via the shortcuts button in the message composer (hint: it looks like this / ), and when using search in Slack. These type of shortcuts are intended to trigger workflows that can operate…from docs.slack.dev

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