a manager back from leave
A week of a channel, in one read.
whyTwo hundred messages came in while you were out.
asksWhat did #sales decide while I was away?
instibrain / works with / slack
Slack posts wait for your go.
Your own user token, from your workspace's approved app. It reads your channels, and speaks only as you.
team/tools/slack/slack.md channel ids, no tokenasked · an exampleWhat did support decide about the invoice bug? Post it to #eng.
the AI, from the pageSupport decided: drain the queue, run the sync by hand; the fix ships Thursday. Here is the post. Say go.
who uses it, and why
Who asks Slack, and why.
Catch up, post, share: three asks from a working week.
an engineer
Release notes posted exactly as approved.
whyAn announcement needs the right channel and the right facts.
asksPost the release notes to #announcements.
the support lead
A file shared, and checked that it landed.
whyAn upload can fail without a word.
asksShare the incident report in #support.
what you can ask
Your AI reads your channels, and holds each post for your go.
Your token reads what you read. Posts, edits and deletions are shown to you first.
Read a channel or a thread
Full history pulled once to a file, then analysed.
Search, when the scope allows
Without it, history is filtered locally.
List every channel
Followed to the end, since one call returns about 150.
Post a message, after your go
You see the exact text, and where it goes, first.
Share a file
Upload, then share; the AI checks it really appears.
Who, and which workspace
Whose token, which workspace, one person, one channel.
where the credential stays
Your AI posts with your own user token, never a bot's.
A bot acts as the app. Every call here acts as you.
in Slack, and in your secret store
An admin approves the app once. You authorise it yourself. Posts change what the team reads, so each waits for your go.
in your brain
A page names the workspace, the app, and channels by id.
what instibrain never touches
Nothing posted unseen.
The token sees what you see. Our server stores the channel map.
- The token on screen.
Read inside the call; never printed or logged.
- A channel you are not in.
New channels and guests go through a workspace admin.
- A message you have not read.
Nothing goes out before you see it and say go.
the limits
Your AI reads only what your app's scopes and your plan allow.
Your app's scopes and your plan set them.
| Limit | What it means |
|---|---|
| Scopes decide | Outside them, calls answer missing_scope. |
| The free plan answers 90 days | Older history does not come back. |
before you connect it
Your AI posts in Slack only after you say go.
Does instibrain add a bot to my Slack?
No. Your workspace's own app gives each person a token that acts as them.
Can the AI post without asking?
No. Every post waits for your go.
What can it read?
Your channels and threads. On the free plan, the last 90 days.
Your voice, only after your go.
Name the workspace and channels once. Claude Code and Codex then ask before they post as you.