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How to Integrate OpenClaw with Slack

Intermediate1-2 hoursUpdated 2025-01-16

Integrating OpenClaw with Slack enables your team to access AI capabilities directly from your workspace. This intermediate guide covers Slack app creation, OAuth configuration, event subscriptions, slash commands, and handling Slack's 3-second response limit.

Why This Is Hard to Do Yourself

These are the common pitfalls that trip people up.

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Slack app creation maze

OAuth scopes, event subscriptions, slash commands, and interactivity URLs all need correct configuration

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OAuth token management

Bot tokens, user tokens, and signing secrets all serve different purposes and expire differently

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Thread handling

Slack threads have unique IDs. Maintaining conversation context across threaded replies requires careful mapping.

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3-second response limit

Slack expects a response within 3 seconds. Longer AI responses need deferred replies via response_url.

Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1

Create a Slack App

Step 2

Configure OAuth scopes

Step 3

Set up event subscriptions

Step 4

Configure OpenClaw for Slack

Step 5

Add slash commands (optional)

Warning: Slash command responses are visible only to the user by default. Use `response_type: in_channel` in your configuration to make responses visible to everyone.

Step 6

Test the integration

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