Why you should connect your Slack account to Briefmatic
Connecting your Slack profile to your Briefmatic account allows you to see, reply and resolve your saved items in slack from directly within Briefmatic or from within slack if you click on the option to “Go to Item” in the task detail view within Briefmatic.
How to connect your Slack profile to Briefmatic
To connect your Slack profile to your Briefmatic account follow these steps;
Go to the Connections tab, click on the “Connect” button on the Slack card and follow the prompts to authorise the connection. Briefmatic requires this approval to be able to scan slack to find your starred items and allow you to view and resolve these items from within Briefmatic.
Once the connection is enabled the syncing process will begin in the background and this may take a few minutes to complete depending on the number of starred messages you have.
How does the Slack and Briefmatic connection work?
Action In Briefmatic | Result |
Moving a slack task from To Do to Done | Moving a slack task to Done marks the task as completed in Briefmatic but makes no changes to the item in slack |
Moving a slack task from Done to To Do or an In-Progress state | Moving a slack task to To Do will move the task in Briefmatic but make no changes to the item in slack |
Marking a slack task as completed | Marking a slack task as completed will remove the task from the starred items folder in slack and move the task to Done in Briefmatic |
Marking a slack task as dismissed | Marking a slack task as dismissed will move the task to the dismissed folder in Briefmatic but makes no changes to the item in slack |
Adding a due date to a slack task in Briefmatic | Displays the due date in the List View in Briefmatic but makes no changes to the saved item in slack |
Changing the slack task title or description | Changes the task title and description in Briefmatic but makes no changes to the item in slack |