Slack
Use Merlin in Slack direct messages and channels.
Merlin is a Slack app. Message it directly, or invite it to a channel so everyone there can use it.
Linking
Choose Connect Slack in Slack’s dialog on Home, send Merlin a message, then open the link it sends back. You can link one Slack account.
Adding Merlin to a channel
Invite Merlin to a channel in Slack. Whoever invites it becomes the channel’s owner in Merlin.
Talking to Merlin
Merlin answers every direct message. In a channel, it answers when someone mentions it, says its name or replies to it. It replies in the same thread.
What Merlin can do with Slack
- Read and save every message in the chats it is in
- See images, read attachments and transcribe voice notes
- Search the chat’s history, including what’s inside files
- Send files, reply to a specific message and react
- Remember what the chat’s owner and trusted people ask it to
- Post reminders and alerts in the chat
- Answer in threads, keeping each reply in its thread
What Merlin can’t do with Slack
- Post in any chat other than the one it was asked in
- Edit or delete other people’s messages
- Kick, ban, mute or otherwise moderate members
- Make or join calls, or send voice notes
Removing Merlin
Remove Merlin from a chat in its settings on Home, or remove it from the channel in Slack. Unlinking Slack on Home deletes everything kept from your Slack account.