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Connect Sandtime.io with Slack

The Slack integration lets your team start and stop tracking with a slash command, without leaving the conversation they are already in.

Step by step

  1. Sign in to your Slack workspace in the browser first - the install flow needs an active session.
  2. In Sandtime.io, open Settings, go to Integrations, and select Slack.
  3. Click Add to Slack.

The Slack page in Sandtime.io settings, listing the three slash commands the integration adds and an Add to Slack button below them.

  1. Slack asks where the app should post. Pick the channel you want Sandtime.io to use, then click Allow.

Slack’s permission screen headed "Where should Sandtime.io post?", with a channel search field and Cancel and Allow buttons.

  1. Slack returns you to Sandtime.io on the Install Slack page. Click Install Slack to finish connecting the workspace.

The Install Slack page in Sandtime.io, reached through the Settings, Integrations, Slack breadcrumb, with a single Install Slack button.

Slash commands

Once the workspace is connected, type these in any channel the app was added to:

  • /start-tracking [project] [title] starts tracking
  • /stop-tracking stops tracking
  • /time-tracking shows the current tracking status

Linking your Slack user to your account

The first time you use a command, Sandtime.io replies in Slack asking who you are, so it knows which account to record the activity against. Click Authorize Slack on Sandtime.io in that message.

A Slack message from the Sandtime.io app reading "Let me know who you are on Sandtime.io so I can manage activities for you!", with an Authorize Slack on Sandtime.io button.

The button opens a Connect to Slack page in Sandtime.io listing what the integration will be able to do - view your public profile, manage your activities, list your projects, and log events. Click Connect to Slack to confirm, and Sandtime.io reports Connected to Slack.

That message is only visible to you, and you only need to authorize once.

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