Slack

The Slack integration posts Atarim activity into Slack and lets your team act on tasks from there. Setup is short — connect the workspace, pick a channel, then choose which of the nine events you want posted. The judgement is entirely in which events you enable.

Your team sees new tasks, comments and status changes in Slack without opening the dashboard.

Connect Slack

The channel you choose here is where Atarim posts by default. You can add it to others afterwards.

Instructions:

1. In Atarim, go to Settings.
2. Under Connected Apps, select Integrations.
3. Find Slack and switch its toggle on. Until it is connected, the panel explains that you need to connect Slack first.
4. Select Connect with Slack. If you have connected before, the button reads Manage Connection. Slack opens a page headed Allow the “Atarim” app to access Slack.
5. Choose your Workspace from the dropdown.
6. Under Channel for webhook, search for and select the channel Atarim should post to. A channel is required — the page states that Atarim needs one to post as an app, so you cannot continue without choosing one.
7. Review the permissions listed on the right, then select Allow. You are returned to Atarim and the notification settings become available.

The “Not Approved by Slack” Notice

The authorisation page shows a notice reading App is not approved by Slack, explaining that apps are reviewed for quality before they are listed in the Slack Marketplace.

This is a listing status, not a security warning. It means the Atarim app is not published in Slack’s public Marketplace — not that Slack has found a problem with it. You can continue and select Allow as normal.

If Your Workspace Blocks the Install

Separately from the notice above, some Slack workspaces require every app to be approved by an admin before it can be installed. If that applies, the install stops and an admin needs to clear it.

This is a Slack workspace policy rather than an Atarim fault, and only a Slack admin can clear it.

Instructions:

1. In Slack, open Tools & Settings and select Manage Apps.
2. Go to App Management Settings and select Edit.
3. Either approve Atarim specifically, or turn off Require App Approval.
4. Save, then retry the connection from Atarim.

Optional: Add Atarim to Other Channels

You do not need this for notifications. The channel you chose during authorisation already receives everything — Atarim posts to it through the connection Slack created at that moment, so task pushes start working immediately with nothing further to set up in Slack.

This step is only for running commands from other channels. If your team wants to change statuses or add comments from a channel other than the notification one, add the app there.

Atarim has to be added to a channel before its commands and menus work there.

Instructions:

1. Open the Slack channel you want.
2. Select the user icon in the top right.
3. Select the Integrations tab.
4. Select Add an App, search for Atarim, and select Add.

Choose What Gets Posted

Once connected, nine events can be switched on or off individually.

Every event is its own switch, so you can quieten a channel without disconnecting the integration.

Instructions:

1. In Atarim, go to Settings → Connected Apps → Integrations.
2. Find Slack. The event switches sit beneath the connection.
3. Switch on the events you want posted, and switch off the ones you do not. Each change saves as you make it — there is no separate save step.

Run Task Actions from Slack

As well as receiving notifications, your team can update existing tasks without leaving Slack, either from a button menu or with slash commands.

The Action Menu

The menu is the discoverable way in, for when you cannot remember the slash command you want.

Instructions:

1. In a channel where Atarim has been added, type show atarim menu. Atarim replies with a set of buttons.
2. If Slack replies that you haven’t connected your Atarim account to Slack yet, select Get Started, complete the connection, then type show atarim menu again.
3. Select the action you want.
4. Choose the website and select Next, then fill in the form and select Submit. A confirmation and a link to the task appear in the channel.

Slash Commands

Slash commands do the same jobs from the message box. Type /ata to see Atarim’s commands suggested as you type.

Example: Changing a Task Status

Changes made from Slack are real changes — they land in Atarim the moment you submit.

Instructions:

1. Type /atarim_change_task_status and press Enter.
2. Choose the website containing the task, then select Next.
3. Select the task and the new status.
4. Select Submit. Slack confirms the change, and it appears in your Atarim dashboard at the same time.

Benefits

Example Use Cases

FAQs

Common issues

• Nothing is posting to Slack — check the connection is still active and at least one event is switched on. You do not need to add Atarim to the channel; notifications use the connection made during authorisation.
• Slack warns the app is not approved — expected. It means Atarim is not listed in the Slack Marketplace, not that anything is wrong. Continue with Allow.
• You cannot get past the authorisation page — a channel is required. Choose one under Channel for webhook.
• The Slack option is locked — your plan does not include native integrations. The lock names the minimum plan required.
• Integrations is not in your settings sidebar — your role does not have access. Ask an Administrator.
• The connection stopped working — use the reconnect option in the Slack row rather than removing the integration.
• The channel is too noisy — turn off New Status and New Priority first, since they generate the most traffic.
• Internal notes appeared in a shared channel — New Note is switched on. Turn it off if the channel is not team-only.
• You cannot authorise the app in Slack — the workspace may require app approval. An admin can approve Atarim specifically, or turn off Require App Approval.
• Slash commands do nothing in a channel — Atarim has not been added to that channel. Add it from the channel’s Integrations tab.
• A command is not recognised — run /atarim_help for the current list. Command names have changed before.
• Notifications go to the wrong channel — use Manage Connection in Atarim to change the notification channel.

Conclusion

Slack is one of the simplest integrations to set up — connect, then pick your events.

Start with New Task and New Comment, and be deliberate about New Note, which is the one event that can put internal discussion in front of people who should not see it.