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Connecting Slack

The Slack integration gives you execution notifications, quick actions, and AI-powered natural-language queries directly in your workspace. It's optional but recommended — especially before creating schedules, so you can select a notification channel.

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Slack is for notifications, quick actions, and queries. All management — creating Connections, Targets, and Schedules — is done on the web dashboard.

Prerequisites​

  • Slack workspace admin access (to approve the app installation)
  • A Slack channel for frugally.app notifications (e.g. #cloud-ops)

Installing the Slack app​

1. Open the Install page​

Navigate to Settings > Install Slack App in the dashboard, or use the link below.

Install Slack App

[SCREENSHOT: install-slack-app.png — dashboard Install Slack App page]

2. Authorise in Slack​

Click Install to Slack. Slack's OAuth screen shows the permissions frugally.app requests. Review and click Allow.

[SCREENSHOT: slack-oauth-permissions.png — Slack OAuth screen]

3. Confirm connection​

You'll be redirected back to the dashboard. The status shows Connected.

[SCREENSHOT: slack-connected-status.png — Connected status]

What you can do with Slack​

  • Execution notifications — Receive results in a Slack channel after every Execution
  • Quick actions — Trigger Schedules and run Executions directly from Slack using slash commands (e.g. /frugally run, /frugally status)
  • AI-powered mentions — Mention @frugally with a natural-language question ("Are we over budget?", "What happened last run?") and get an instant answer
  • Home Tab overview — See upcoming Schedules, recent Executions, cost insights, and billing status from the Frugally Home Tab in Slack

[SCREENSHOT: slack-home-tab.png — Frugally Home tab in Slack]

What Slack cannot do​

Slack cannot create, edit, or delete Connections, Targets, or Schedules. It also cannot access Intelligence or Guard dashboards directly. All of these are managed via the web dashboard.

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You can skip this step and return later. Executions and Schedules work without Slack — results are always visible on the Executions page.

For a deeper look at slash commands, AI mentions, the Home Tab, and workflow integrations, see the Integrations — Slack section of the documentation.

Next up: Connecting GitHub (optional) or skip ahead to Running an Execution.