On app mention

slack.onAppMention emits messages that directly mention the installed bot.

Example

automations/answer-slack-mention.automation.ts

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

export default automation("Answer Slack mention", () => {
  const mention = slack.onAppMention()
  slack.replyToThread({
    conversation: mention.conversationId,
    text: "I saw your mention.",
    threadTimestamp: mention.transform((message) => message.timestamp),
  })
})

Options

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
`account`	`string \| IntegrationAccountReference<"slack">`	No	Project default	Static Slack workspace binding to watch.

Trigger data

Returns message fields including text, timestamp, and type: "app_mention". Author, thread, Block Kit, attachment, file, reaction, reply, app, bot, and subtype fields appear when Slack supplies them. Conversation, event timestamp, and workspace metadata are conversationId, optional conversationType, eventTimestamp, and workspaceId. event contains the original Slack event. A runtime signal can’t choose the account. Slack only delivers mentions visible to the installed app.

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Built-in actions

Runtime utilities

Integrations

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