Send ephemeral message - Automate.ax

slack.sendEphemeralMessage sends a non-persistent message that only one member can see.

Example

automations/send-ephemeral-message.automation.ts

import { automation, onDashboardRun } from "automate.ax"
import { slack } from "automate.ax/slack"

export default automation("Send ephemeral message", () => {
  onDashboardRun({ title: "Send ephemeral message" })

  slack.sendEphemeralMessage({
    conversationId: "C01234567",
    userId: "U01234567",
    text: "This approval is assigned to you.",
  })
})

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`conversationId`	`string`	Yes	Destination conversation ID.
`userId`	`string`	Yes	Member who can see the message.
`text`, `blocks`, or `attachments`	Message content	Yes	Ephemeral message content.
`threadTimestamp`	`string`	No	Parent message timestamp.

Output

Returns the conversationId and Slack timestamp for the ephemeral delivery. Requires chat:write; the recipient must belong to the conversation.