Slack | Start a Conversation with an Agent in Slack

Starts a conversation with an Agentforce agent in a Slack direct message. After the conversation is initiated, the recipient can interact with the agent.

Required Editions

Available in: Lightning Experience
Available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions with Foundations, or Agentforce 1 or Einstein 1 Editions
User Permissions Needed  
See Common User Access for Standard Agent Actions.

Action Details

API Name StartASlackConversationWithAnAgent
Reference Action Type Flow
Reference Action StartASlackConversationWithAnAgent
Does this action execute one or more prompt templates? No
Required Setup Set up and manage Agentforce in Slack

Guidelines and Considerations

  • Employee agent types can only trigger flows in the context of the user calling the agent.
  • Some flows, such as auto-launched and scheduled flows ‌don’t work as expected.