Working with Slack | Promptless

Make sure you have the Slack integration set up before using these features.

Three Ways to Interact

1. Message Actions

Use Slack’s message actions to quickly trigger documentation updates from any message or thread. This is best used when you don’t want to interrupt the flow of the conversation.

Access Message Actions

Click the three dots (⋯) menu on any Slack message to open the message actions menu.

Select Update Docs

Choose “Update Docs” from the message actions menu to trigger Promptless. If you don’t see the option, click on “More message shortcuts” and search for Promptless.

Review Generated Content

Promptless will analyze the full thread to generate relevant documentation updates, and DM you once it’s done.

2. Channel Mentions

Tag Promptless directly in any channel to trigger documentation updates from ongoing discussions.

Mention Promptless

Tag Promptless bot in a new message or in a thread reply in a channel, along with instructions about how to update the docs, you can add internal and external links, slack links, as well as images. Don’t forget to add Promptless bot to the channel if you’re tagging it for the first time!

Thread Context Analysis

Promptless will analyze the entire thread context to understand the discussion and generate relevant documentation. You can point Promptless to specific pages, or Promptless can infer based on the context.

Editing Suggestions in Slack

Promptless will reply in the thread once it’s done draft updates. From there, you can add follow-on instructions in the same thread to tell Promptless to edit the suggestion. Simply reply to Promptless’s response with additional guidance or corrections.

Example Instructions

@Promptless please also add a troubleshooting section covering the error cases we discussed earlier in this thread

@Promptless make sure to mention that this feature is only available in the Enterprise plan

@Promptless create a mermaid chart for the system architecture discussed in this thread`

3. Direct Messages (DMs)

Send direct messages to Promptless for private documentation requests or when you have very specific instructions.

Start a DM

Go to the Apps section in Slack, click on the Promptless bot.

Describe Your Request

Type your documentation request or paste content you’d like to turn into documentation. You can post internal or external links, slack links, images, etc. You don’t have to tag Promptless here.

Wait for Promptless DM

Promptless will DM you with the doc updates.

Need help with Slack interactions? Contact us at help@gopromptless.ai.