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Learn how to manage Slack sources in Inkeep

Overview

A Slack source allows Inkeep to ingest content from your Slack workspace channels.

Note
Note
Initial ingestion can take a while due to API rate limits.

Setup Requirements

Adding the Knowledge Base Connector Bot

To enable your Slack source, you must add the "Knowledge Base Connector" bot to your Slack workspace and the channels you want to ingest.

Step 1: Add the bot to your workspace When first creating a Slack source, you will be redirected to authorize the bot to access your workspace. If this did not work for you, you can manually add the bot to your workspace here.

Step 2: Add the bot to specific channels

  1. Go to the channel you want to ingest
  2. Click the members button on the top right
  3. Go to the Integrations tab
  4. Click Add an app
  5. Search for Knowledge Base Connector
  6. Add the bot to the channel

Repeat this process for each channel you want to include in your knowledge base.

Configuration Fields

Channel IDs

Channel IDs control which channels from your Slack workspace get ingested. This field accepts a list of Slack channel IDs.

Behavior:

  • With Channel IDs specified: Only the listed channels will be ingested
  • No Channel IDs specified: All channels where the Knowledge Base Connector bot has been added will be ingested

Finding Channel IDs:

Browser:

  1. Open the Slack channel in your browser
  2. The channel ID is in the URL: https://yourworkspace.slack.com/channels/C1234567890
  3. Copy the ID (e.g., C1234567890)

Slack App:

  1. Go to the channel in your Slack workspace
  2. Click the channel name in the top left
  3. Copy the channel ID from the bottom of the popup window
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