I know that this language might seem a little strange at first. And, if you have your email preferences set this way, you’ll also receive notice of a direct message in your inbox. On that day and time, you’ll receive a message from Slackbot with the note you wrote to yourself. Press “send” and you’ll get a confirmation (with a friendly thumbs-up, no less). So, if you wanted to use the bot to set a reminder to start an article (or, if you’re not a writer like me, any other task or project) on a certain day and time, your message would look like this: Any commands you give need to begin with a forward slash (/) and then a particular keyword command-which, as you would expect, is the word “remind” for reminders. Now, keep in mind that Slackbot isn’t a real person, so you’re going to have to format things a special way so that he can understand what you’re saying. Then, you type a note telling him what he needs to remind you of and exactly when he should send you that reminder. How exactly does this work? Well, you simply click on the name, which will bring you to a window that looks like any other direct message. In fact, I use the feature on a daily basis for all sorts of little things I need to remember. There are many helpful, handy things that it can help you with-like reminding you of things that would otherwise completely fall out of your brain. However, if you proceeded to immediately ignore him following that exchange (poor guy!), you’re definitely missing out. When you first signed up for the platform, he (yes, somewhere along the way I decided that my friendly robot was a “he”) likely helped you set up your profile and get familiar with the different features. If not, please allow me to introduce you to your new best friend.Ĭhances are, you’ve probably met Slackbot at least once before. But, have you ever taken notice of that one team member who’s always online, just hanging out at the top of the left column of your Slack window? The one named “Slackbot” with the adorable teal heart next to it?
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