Send message

slack.sendMessage posts a top-level message to a channel or direct conversation. Provide text, Block Kit blocks, legacy attachments, or a combination.

Example

automations/post-slack-update.automation.ts

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

export default automation("Post Slack update", () => {
  onDashboardRun({ title: "Post Slack update" })

  slack.sendMessage({
    conversation: "C01234567",
    text: "Deployment completed successfully.",
    blocks: [
      {
        type: "section",
        text: {
          type: "mrkdwn",
          text: "*Deployment completed* :white_check_mark:",
        },
      },
    ],
    unfurlLinks: false,
  })
})

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Default	Description
`conversation`	`string`	Yes	None	Conversation ID or accepted Slack destination. The action removes a leading `#`.
`text`	`string`	One content field	None	Plain text or accessibility fallback.
`blocks`	`Record<string, JsonValue>[]`	One content field	None	Up to 50 Block Kit blocks.
`attachments`	`Record<string, JsonValue>[]`	One content field	None	Up to 100 legacy attachments.
`unfurlLinks`	`boolean`	No	Slack default	Whether Slack parses and unfurls links.
`unfurlMedia`	`boolean`	No	Slack default	Whether Slack unfurls media.
Second argument: `{ account }`	`string \| IntegrationAccountReference<"slack">`	No	Project default	Slack workspace binding.

Output

Returns conversationId, the stable message timestamp, and message with Slack’s text, content, author, thread, reaction, and file metadata. Keep both identifiers for updates, deletion, reactions, or replies. The bot needs access to the destination. Supplying text alongside blocks gives notifications and assistive technology a useful fallback.

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