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Slack Metabot

Whoa, a Slack command-line client inside Slack.

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Andy Cook
@andygcook · Cofounder - Tettra.co
Having spent the last few weeks working heavily with the Slack API, this seems pretty useful. The Slack API does have a Tester feature for each method like this but it's nice to not have to load up Chrome to see the format of the results.
Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
@SlackHQ for the future! @dblockdotorg tell us what made you build this? Spending so much time in Slack that you thought what else can keep you in longer 😉? How do you think the Slack App Directory will change the game for Slack?
Wade
@wademvaughn · author @FwdOutlook, ex-Mattermark Daily
@SlackHQ has been called the command line for non-technical teammates. (For one instance of this idea, see Partyline's "Future of UI" – http://partyline.rocks/blog/futu....) For those who never built a website or tinkered around with code, slash commands may be a person's first exposure to programming. Other companies, like @jgvandehey's Growbot, use ascii a… See more
Andy Cook
@andygcook · Cofounder - Tettra.co
@dblockdotorg Have you thought about formatting the json so it's more readable with link breaks and indents using a Slack attachment?
Will Yoo
@willyoo42 · Student, Entrepreneur, Cockroach
Forget ChromeOS - where is SlackOS @dblockdotorg