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Execute Slack Actions Directly From Your AI Chat

Perform Slack administrative tasks directly from your ChatGPT interface.

Connect the Slack app to ChatGPT Business to perform actions like joining channels, uploading files, or creating reminders via natural language.

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The Scenario

You are in the middle of a brainstorming session with ChatGPT and realize you need to share the results or set a follow-up in Slack without leaving the chat interface.

Before & after

The old way

You have to navigate to Slack, search for the channel, join it, and then manually type out commands or use the UI to set reminders. This takes 2-3 minutes of context switching.

With AI

Use the Slack connector to ask ChatGPT to 'join [CHANNEL_NAME] and set a reminder for tomorrow at 9 AM.' The AI performs the action in 5–10 seconds.

The Prompt

Using the Slack connector, please [ACTION: JOIN_CHANNEL/CREATE_REMINDER/UPLOAD_FILE] for [SPECIFIC_DETAILS].

Workspace admins must enable the Slack connector in 'Apps' and approve the necessary OAuth scopes before these actions will work.

Source

ChatGPT Business - Release Notes | OpenAI Help Center
"In addition to searching Slack, users can ask ChatGPT to help take supported Slack actions such as joining a channel, creating a reminder..."