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Dialog integrates with Slack so you can chat with your research agent directly from your workspace. Send queries in DMs or mention the bot in channels — results are delivered right where your team already works.

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Connecting your workspace

1

Open channel settings

Navigate to Settings > Channels in the Dialog app.
2

Install the Slack app

Click Add to Slack. You’ll be redirected to Slack’s authorization page where you grant Dialog access to your workspace.
3

Authorize permissions

Review the requested permissions and click Allow. Dialog needs access to read messages in channels where it’s mentioned, send responses, and react to messages.
4

Confirm the connection

After authorization, you’ll be redirected back to Dialog. The Channels settings page will show your connected workspace name and active status.
Each Dialog account can connect one Slack workspace. The connection is per-user, so team members each connect their own accounts.

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Chatting with your agent

Once connected, you can interact with your agent in two ways:
  • Direct messages — Send a DM to the Dialog bot for private research conversations. DMs are always enabled.
  • Channel mentions — Mention the bot in any allowed channel to run research queries visible to your team.
Your agent processes messages one at a time per conversation thread, ensuring responses stay coherent even when multiple requests come in quickly.

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Live progress

When your agent is working on a request, you’ll see:
  1. An eyes reaction on your message to acknowledge it was received
  2. A placeholder message with progress updates as research runs
  3. The final response replacing the placeholder, with a checkmark reaction
If something goes wrong, you’ll see a private error message that only you can see — keeping channels clean for the rest of your team.

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Managing allowed channels

By default, the bot only responds to direct messages. To enable it in specific channels, you need to add those channels to your allowlist.
1

Go to channel settings

Navigate to Settings > Channels and scroll to the Slack section.
2

Add a channel

Enter the channel ID and an optional display name, then click Add. You can find a channel’s ID in Slack by right-clicking the channel name and selecting View channel details — the ID is at the bottom of the details panel.
3

Invite the bot

Make sure the Dialog bot is a member of any channel you’ve allowlisted. In Slack, type /invite @Dialog in the channel.
You can remove channels from the allowlist at any time. The bot will stop responding in removed channels immediately.

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Use cases

Team research hub

Designate a channel for research queries so your whole team can see and build on findings

Quick lookups

DM the bot for fast, private research without leaving Slack

Scheduled delivery

Pair with scheduled tasks to push daily briefings directly to a Slack channel

Async workflows

Start research from Slack, close the app, and come back to the results in-thread later

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Formatting

Research results are formatted for Slack’s interface:
  • Bold text, code blocks, and links render natively in Slack
  • Long responses are automatically split into multiple messages so nothing gets cut off
  • Citations and URLs are preserved as clickable links

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Connection health

Dialog automatically monitors your Slack connection. If the connection becomes inactive (for example, if the app is uninstalled from your workspace), the status indicator in Settings will change from active to inactive. You can click Re-sync Connection to re-validate your connection at any time. If the token has been revoked, you’ll need to reconnect by clicking Add to Slack again.

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Disconnecting Slack

To disconnect your workspace, go to Settings > Channels and click Disconnect Workspace next to your Slack connection. This removes the stored connection and channel allowlist from Dialog. Your research history in the app is unaffected.
For an overview of all available delivery channels, see Channels.