How to connect ChatGPT Dots to Slack

You add your dot to Slack from its profile in ChatGPT: click Slack, pick your workspace, and click Allow on Slack's page. Your dot then shows up in Slack as a member you can message directly or mention in a thread.

#What you can hand over from Slack

Once your dot is in Slack, you can give it work without opening ChatGPT:

• A quick ask, in a direct message.
• A thread to summarize, answer or act on. Mention your dot inside the thread.
• A channel to watch, on a schedule you set.
• A bigger job. A request in Slack can start work on your dot's cloud computer, and files come back in the thread.

This is how it arrives: a member of your workspace with its own name and badge.

Marker 1Marker 2

1. 1The handle is your first name, a hyphen and your dot's name: alex-juno, say.
2. 2The AGENT badge marks every post as coming from a dot.

Its first message there states the rule for channels: "In shared conversations, I'll respond to you, and everyone there can see my replies."

#Connect your dot to Slack

Connecting takes five clicks on a computer. You need a dot (create one first) and a Slack workspace that lets you add apps.

Reply to that first message with anything. Your dot answers within a few seconds, usually in a thread under your message. To use it in a channel, add it the way you'd add a person, then mention it with @ in a thread.

#Who does your dot answer?

In a direct message it's only you and your dot. A channel has other people in it, and that's where the rules matter. Play each situation.

#Recipes

Three jobs worth handing over from Slack. Swap in your own channel names.

@[YOUR-DOT] read this thread and reply here with three things: what was decided, what's still open, and who's waiting on me.

The next one runs on a schedule, so your dot checks without being asked each time.

Check [#CHANNEL] each weekday at 9 AM [YOUR TIME ZONE] for the next four weeks. Message me directly when a question there has gone a full day without an answer. Draft a reply for my review, but don't post it. Confirm the schedule.

And one to send once, so Slack stays quiet.

Keep routine progress updates in ChatGPT. Message me in Slack only when you need a decision from me or a deadline is at risk. Before you post anything in a shared channel, check with me privately about what is OK to share.

#What your dot can and can't do in Slack

Put together, the limits look like this.

#Fixes

Most snags come from those limits. The commonest: you mention your dot in a private channel it hasn't joined, and Slack answers for it.

Click Add Them, then send your mention again. For the rest:

#Check you've got it

One question to finish.

1. 6 October 2026
   Rebuilt around the real connection screens, with a practice channel and recipes.
2. 5 October 2026
   First published.