# Use Slack with Lindy.

Connect Slack and start asking Lindy to take work off your plate. No workflows to build, just tell Lindy what you need in plain language.

## Everything Lindy can do in Slack

Explore all the actions Lindy can perform in Slack. Just describe what you need in plain language, and Lindy handles the rest.

### Actions

1. **Add Emoji Reaction**  
   Add an emoji reaction to a message in a Slack channel.

2. **Approve Workflow**  
   Send an approval request message with buttons to a Slack channel.

3. **Archive Channel**  
   Archive a Slack channel to prevent new messages while preserving its history.

4. **Build And Send A Block Kit Message**  
   Send customizable messages to Slack channels, users, or groups using Block Kit formatting.

5. **Create A Channel**  
   Create a new public or private channel in Slack.

6. **Create Reminder**  
   Create a scheduled reminder message in Slack with custom text and timing.

7. **Delete File**  
   Delete a file from your Slack workspace using its ID.

8. **Delete Message**  
   Delete a message from a Slack channel or conversation.

9. **Find Message**  
   Search for messages in Slack using a specific query.

10. **Find User By Email**  
    Find a Slack user in your workspace using their email address.

11. **Get Current User**  
    Retrieve comprehensive context about the authenticated Slack member.

12. **Get File**  
    Retrieve information about a specific file stored in Slack.

13. **Get Messages**  
    List messages in a conversation from newest to oldest. This action is rate-limited to one request per minute. Consider switching to the "Search Messages" action instead.

14. **Invite User To Channel**  
    Invite a user to join a Slack channel.

15. **Kick User**  
    Remove a user from a Slack channel or conversation.

16. **List Channels**  
    List or search public channels, private channels and DMs. Search for a specific conversation to get its ID for trigger configuration. Never send a message to look up a channel.

17. **List Files**  
    List files shared in Slack channels, groups, or direct messages.

18. **List Group Members**  
    Get a list of members from a Slack user group.

19. **List Members In Channel**  
    Get a list of members from a Slack channel.

20. **List Replies**  
    Get replies to a specific message in a Slack conversation.

21. **List Users**  
    Retrieve a list of users from your Slack workspace.

22. **Search messages**  
    Search for messages and files across Slack using the Real-time Search API.

23. **Send A Large Message (3000+ Characters)**  
    Send messages to Slack channels with customizable formatting and scheduling options.

24. **Send Channel Message**  
    Send a message to a public or private channel.

25. **Send Direct Message**  
    Send a direct message to a user.

26. **Send message**  
    Send a message to a channel or user.

27. **Send Message To User Or Group**  
    Send messages to Slack users or channels with customizable bot settings.

28. **Set Channel Description**  
    Set or update the purpose description for a Slack channel.

29. **Set Conversation Topic**  
    Set the conversation topic.

30. **Set Status**  
    Set your Slack status with custom text, emoji, and expiration time.

31. **Update Groups Members**  
    Add or remove users from a Slack user group.

32. **Update Message**  
    Update existing messages in Slack channels, groups, or direct messages.

33. **Update Profile**  
    Update a Slack user's profile information and settings.

34. **Upload File**  
    Upload a file to a Slack channel, group, or direct message.

35. **Verify Slack Signature**  
    Verify the authenticity of incoming requests from Slack using signature validation.

## How it works

### 1. Add Lindy to Slack  
One click from the Slack marketplace. The whole team gets Lindy at once.

### 2. Connect your tools  
Lindy works with 1,000+ apps and any MCP server.

### 3. Put Lindy to work  
**@mention** Lindy in any channel and it starts working. Minutes, not a weekend.

## Frequently asked questions

1. **What is Lindy?**  
   Lindy is an AI assistant that lives in your Slack. Connect your apps, ask for what you need in plain language, and Lindy takes the work off your plate.

2. **How do I connect Slack to Lindy?**  
   Sign up to Lindy, ask Lindy to connect to Slack, and approve the connection when prompted. From then on you can ask Lindy to do things in Slack whenever you need.

3. **Do I need to build workflows or write code?**  
   No. There's nothing to build or configure. You ask Lindy in Slack the same way you'd ask a colleague, and Lindy handles the rest.

4. **Can Lindy handle Slack tasks automatically?**  
   Yes. Ask once and tell Lindy when to repeat it, like every Monday at 9am, and it becomes a routine that runs without you.

5. **What can Lindy do with Slack?**  
   Read and act on data in Slack, and trigger workflows when something changes there. Tell Lindy the outcome you want and it handles the rest.

6. **Does Lindy work with my other tools too?**  
   Yes. Lindy connects to 1,000+ apps and any MCP server, so you can ask for tasks that span Slack and the rest of your stack in a single request.

## Ready when you are.

Free to try. In your Slack in two minutes.