Slack Standup Bot

A Slack app built with Deno that provides shortcuts for managing daily standups.

Available Shortcuts

After installation, you'll have these shortcuts available:

• Standup - Displays all users in the channel in random order (excluding those on the exclude list)
• Exclude from Standup - Opens a modal to select a user to exclude from standup lists
• Include in Standup - Opens a modal to select a user to include back in standup lists

To use shortcuts in Slack:

1. Type / in any channel and search for the shortcut name, OR
2. Click the shortcuts button (lightning bolt ⚡) in the message composer

Prerequisites

1. Install Deno: https://deno.land/manual/getting_started/installation
2. Install the Slack CLI and create a symlink in ~/.local/bin:

# Install Slack CLI
curl -fsSL https://downloads.slack-edge.com/slack-cli/install.sh | bash -s slack-cli

# Create symlink with a custom name to avoid conflict with Slack desktop app
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
ln -sf ~/.slack/bin/slack ~/.local/bin/slack-cli

Make sure ~/.local/bin is in your PATH (add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc if needed):

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

Installation

1. Clone this repository and navigate to the project directory

2. Login to Slack:

slack-cli login

3. Deploy and create all triggers with one command:

deno task setup

Or run the steps separately:

# Deploy the app
deno task deploy

# Create all triggers
deno task create-triggers

The Slack CLI will handle all authentication and configuration automatically - no .env files or manual token management needed!

Development

Run the app in local development mode:

slack-cli run

This will start a local development server and create a connection to your Slack workspace.

How it Works

• The app uses Slack's datastore to persist excluded users per channel
• Each slash command triggers a workflow that executes the corresponding function
• User lists are randomized on each /standup command
• All usernames are displayed with @ prefix as requested

Project Structure

├── datastores/       # Datastore definitions (excluded users)
├── functions/        # Core logic for each command
├── workflows/        # Workflow definitions that orchestrate functions
├── triggers/         # Slash command trigger definitions
├── manifest.ts       # App manifest with permissions
├── slack.json        # Slack CLI configuration
└── deno.json        # Deno configuration