# Slack ### Create a Slack app 1. Go to [*https://api.slack.com*](https://api.slack.com)*.* 2. Under *Customize your workspace*, click the *Create an app* button 3. Select create *From scratch* 4. Enter a name under *App Name* 5. Select a workspace for developing your app 6. Click *Create App >* This brings up the *Slack api* page for Your Apps with your newly-created app selected in the dropdown of the upper left:

7. Next, define what your bot can access by Click *OAuth & Permissions* under the *Features* in the menu bar 8. Scroll to the *Scopes* section and under *Bot Token Scopes* > Click *Add an OAuth Scope* button 9. Select the *Chat:write* permissions scope ### Generate Bot user access token 10. Under *Features* in the Slack account menu, select *OAuth & Permissions.* 11. Under *OAuth Tokens for Your Workspace***,** click the *Install to Workspace* button 12. Click *Allow* {% hint style="info" %} An OAuth token is automatically generated for your workspace and the value now displays in the Bot User OAuth Token. {% endhint %}

### **Access Signing secret** 13. Under *Settings* in the menu, select *Basic Information* and look under *App Credentials* {% hint style="info" %} The *Signing Secret* value is hidden by default. Click *Show* to reveal the value. {% endhint %}

### Add channel to app 14. Select *Configuration* tab of your [Core application](https://docs.nlx.ai/platform/nlx-platform-guide/ai-applications/setup) in your NLX workspace 15. Choose *+ Add channel* under *Delivery* section > Choose Slack 16. Enter *Bot user access token* found under the *OAuth & Permissions* page of your Slack app 17. Enter *Signing Secret* found on the *Basic Information* page of your Slack app > Optional: > > * *Language*: Allows you to select the language used for this channel > * *Token endpoint:* For retrieving a Slack access token for a given Slack conversation > * *Token endpoint API key:* The API key that protects the Token endpoint 18. Click *Create channel* 19. Click *Save* {% hint style="success" %} Before proceeding to Step 5, create a [build and deploy your application](https://docs.nlx.ai/platform/nlx-platform-guide/setup#deployment). {% endhint %} ### Add URL to Slack Once you've set up the Slack channel and deployed your application in NLX, you'll need to provide the URL to your *Slack api.* 20. From the *Configuration* tab of your application, click the *Slack* channel and choose the Setup instructions tab 21. Copy the *Application URL* 22. Go to the *Slack api* page (if you have more than one app in Slack, make sure the correct app is selected in the dropdown on the upper-left of the page) 23. Under *Features,* select *Interactivity & Shortcuts* from the menu 24. Set the toggle to enable interactivity 25. Paste the *Application URL* into the Request URL field

26. Under *Features,* click *Event Subscriptions* from the menu 27. Set the toggle to enable events 28. Paste the *Application URL* into the *Request URL* field

29. Click the down caret to the right of the *Subscribe to bot events* section

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