Configuring Slack

Enabling Slack WebHooks for notifications

If enabled, Ghostwriter will use Slack to send notifications and reminders to configured channels. The configuration requires an incoming Webhook.

Sending messages using Incoming WebhooksSlack API

Slack's Webhook Documentation

Specify a username and emoji for the bot. Emojis must be set using Slack syntax like (e.g., :ghost:). You can use any emoji available in your Slack team – including custom emojis.

The username can be anything you could use for a Slack username. The emoji will appear as the bot's avatar alongside the username.

The alert target is the message target. You can set this to a blank string or a user, aliases, or @here/@channel. Slack username/alias targets must be written as <!here>, <!channel>, or <@username> for them to work as actual notification keywords.

Finally, set the target channel. This might be your #general or some other channel. This is the global value Ghostwriter will use for all messages unless a project-specific channel is supplied. When users create a new project, there is an option to provide a Slack channel for project-related notifications.

Slack Configuration