Overview
The ChatGPT app in Slack lets you use ChatGPT from within an eligible Slack workspace. Conversations started there can also appear in your ChatGPT account, subject to the connected account, workspace settings, and applicable privacy controls.
The app only needs to be installed once per Slack workspace, by an admin or authorized user.
What you can do
Draft posts, updates, and replies without leaving Slack.
Search channels, messages, and files you already have access to. Keyword search is available on all Slack plans. Semantic search (search by meaning) requires Slack AI Search to be enabled for your workspace on a supported Slack Business+ or Enterprise+ plan.
Connect Slack in ChatGPT: You can not only use ChatGPT within Slack, but also search Slack messages from inside your ChatGPT account. Your chats will appear within your ChatGPT sidebar, so it’s easy to pick up where you left off.
Summarize long conversations in other channels into notes with owners, action items, and next steps.
You can also connect Slack as a source inside ChatGPT without installing the ChatGPT app in Slack. For that separate experience, see: Using Slack in ChatGPT.
Slack is a third-party service. When you enable and use the ChatGPT Slack app, relevant requests and data may be transmitted to Slack and handled under Slack’s terms and privacy, retention, and data-residency policies. Review your organization’s Slack policies before enabling or using the app.
Get started
Installing ChatGPT in Slack can connect Slack with other enabled ChatGPT capabilities. Use multi-factor authentication for Slack accounts that authorize or administer the app. Workspace administrators should review installation permissions, requested scopes, and their organization’s security policies.
Prerequisites
Your Slack workspace must allow installation of the ChatGPT app for Slack.
Your Slack plan supports the features required by your organization.
You have a Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, or Edu ChatGPT account.
In Enterprise and Edu workspaces, Slack must be enabled and your account must have access. To review availability and role-based access controls (RBAC), admins can go to Admin > Plugins and select the plugin that includes Slack. Slack is enabled by default for Business workspaces.
Availability depends on your ChatGPT plan, region, Slack workspace, and the ChatGPT app settings enabled for that workspace.
Install the ChatGPT app in Slack
Go to Apps in Slack to check whether ChatGPT is already installed in your workspace.
Open the Slack Marketplace, search for ChatGPT, and start the installation.
Sign in to your ChatGPT account if prompted.
Review the Add ChatGPT to Slack screen and select Continue to Slack.
You will then be directed to the Slack authentication flow, where you can review and grant the app the required permissions. Depending on your workspace settings, this may require an approval from a Slack admin.
Before using the app, connect it to your ChatGPT account.
Select Connect ChatGPT.
In ChatGPT, go to Apps or Plugins, depending on what is available, and select Slack or the plugin that includes it.
Select Connect.
In an Enterprise or Edu workspace, you can connect only if the Slack app is enabled and your account has access. If Connect is grayed out, ask your workspace admin to review app availability and access settings.
Use the ChatGPT app in Slack
After Slack is connected in ChatGPT, you can start using ChatGPT within Slack in a dedicated sidebar. You can find the ChatGPT app in Slack in the list of apps for your Slack workspace, or add it to the navigation bar.
You can ask ChatGPT to summarize thread information, draft and polish your replies, and search for messages and files. You can search across all channels you have access to, or direct ChatGPT to search specific channels by including channel names in your prompt.
Example prompts
“Summarize the discussions in the engineering-team Slack channel from this week. Provide a concise overview of the main topics and decisions.”
“Catch me up on everything unread in my Slack threads.”
“Give me the recent updates from the incident-service-unavailable Slack channel, including a summary of the root cause behind the incident.”
“Create a one-page meeting brief with key points discussed in the Marketing channel this week. Include action items.”
Chats you start in the ChatGPT app for Slack will also appear in your ChatGPT sidebar on web or mobile, so you can pick up where you left off. If you continue the conversation in ChatGPT, those chat updates are not synced to Slack and do not appear in the ChatGPT app for Slack.
You can also search apps enabled for your ChatGPT account. For an overview, see: Connected apps in ChatGPT.
Deletion and data controls
You can view all conversations you started from the ChatGPT app for Slack in both your Slack account and ChatGPT account, and can delete them from your ChatGPT account.
Deleting a chat removes it from your ChatGPT sidebar, but the chat may be retained in Slack for a period specified by your Slack workspace settings. Contact your Slack admin to learn about retention policies. A chat you deleted from ChatGPT may continue to be visible in the ChatGPT app for Slack for the duration of the retention period, but can no longer be continued.
You can disconnect your ChatGPT account from Slack at any time. Go to Settings, select