Integrate Slack

Notion's integration with Slack enables seamless communication between the two platforms. You can send Slack messages to Notion databases and receive Slack notifications for Notion activities. Read on to learn about the different features of the integration and how you can set them up.

You can set up the Notion integration with Slack in a few ways:

For notifications in Slack:

1. Go to Settings & members in the sidebar.

2. Click on My notifications and find Slack notifications.

3. Click Add new account and go through the authentication flow.

For database notifications:

1. From a database in Notion: Select ••• at the top of the database.

2. Select Automations and Add trigger.

3. Then choose Page added or Property edited → Send Slack notification to...

4. Select a Slack channel.

   • If you haven't already, you'll be asked to asked to connect your Slack account.

When Slack messages turn into an action item or a new idea, send them right to a Notion database so they don't get lost. Here's how:

1. Enter the command /notion create into Slack, or click ⋮ next to any Slack message → Send to Notion. You may need to select More message shortcuts... to find this option.

2. Search for the database where you'd like this new page to live or paste the link to the database. Then give the page a title.

3. Select Add property to add more information to your new page based on the database’s existing properties.

4. Check the box next to Confirm page creation publicly if you’d like others in your Slack discussion to be notified of the new database item you’ve created.

5. Click Save.

To create a Notion task directly from Slack:

1. Enter the command /notion task into Slack, or click ⋮ next to any Slack message → Create task in Notion. You may need to select More message shortcuts... to find this option.

2. Search for the project where you'd like this new task to live or paste the link to the Notion project. You can give the task a name, an assignee, status, due date, and description.

3. Check the box next to Confirm page creation publicly if you’d like others in your Slack discussion to be notified of the new task you’ve created.

4. Click Save.

Get Slack notifications when certain things happen in Notion. There are two ways you can set up these notifications:

• You can choose to only be notified when you’re mentioned in a page, a comment, or a person property in a database.

• You can choose to be notified when all of the above happens, as well as when:

  • You get a comment on a page you own, or a comment is added to a comment thread you’re already a part of.

  • A property is changed in a database that you’ve set up notifications for.

  • You’re invited to a page.

  • Someone has requested access to a page that you own.

To set this up:

1. Go to Settings & members in your sidebar.

2. Select My notifications.

3. Open the dropdown next to Slack notifications and select the name of your Slack workspace. You can also select Add new account if you don't see your Slack workspace listed.

4. Toggle on Activity in your workspace to be notified of all of the above. This will automatically also toggle on Only user or group mentions. If you only want to receive Slack notifications when you’re mentioned in your workspace, toggle off Activity in your workspace.

When you create a button in your page, you can set it to send a Slack notification to a specific Slack channel. To do this:

1. Insert a button in a page.

2. Under Do this, select Add action → Send Slack notification to....

3. Select the Slack channel you want the notification to be sent to. At this time, you can't select private DMs.

Whenever that button is clicked in the future, a Slack notification will be sent. Learn more about buttons and how to set them up here →

You can receive a message in Slack anytime someone adds or makes a change to a page in a database.

1. Click ••• at the top right of any Notion database.

2. Select Automations.

3. Select New automation.

4. Name the notification and select Add trigger to choose what action will trigger the automation, such as Page added or Any property edited.

5. Add additional triggers if necessary by selecting +.

6. Select Add action → Send Slack notification to....

7. Choose a destination channel for the notification. At this time, you can't select private DMs.

When you add a button property to your database, you can set it to send a Slack notification to a specific Slack channel. To do this:

1. Add a new property in a database.

2. Under Type, select Button.

3. Under Do this, select Add action → Send Slack notification to....

4. Select the Slack channel you want the notification to be sent to. At this time, you can't select private DMs.

Whenever that button is clicked in the future, a Slack notification will be sent. Learn more about database buttons here →

To stop receiving notifications in Slack:

1. Go to Settings & members in your sidebar.

2. Select My notifications.

3. Open the dropdown next to Slack notifications and select Off.

1. Copy a link from Slack and paste it into Notion.

2. In the menu that appears, select Paste as preview.

You’ll see a preview of the message as well as when it was sent, what channel it was sent to, and how many replies it has. This information will update as it changes; you can also select ••• → Reload preview to see the latest.

When you paste a Notion link in Slack, it’ll unfurl to provide useful information about your page. For database pages with the AI summary property, Slack will automatically unfurl the AI summary.

You can also grant access permissions to the unfurled Notion page directly from inside Slack.

1. On a Notion page, click Share.

2. Click into the search bar.

3. Select Add contacts from Slack.

4. Search for the person you want to invite, then select Invite.