Slack API examples & templates
Use these vals as a playground to view and fork Slack API examples and templates on Val Town. Run any example below or find templates that can be used as a pre-built solution.
stevekrouse
dailyStandupBot
Daily Standup Bot Every weekday at 9am EDT send a message to our team's #engineering Discord channel to start a thread to remind us to do our standup. Slack version: @mikker/dailySlackRoundup Note : We started doing in-person standups at Val Town, so this val was unscheduled.
To get it working for you, you'll need to: Fork it Change its type from Script to Cron and set a schedule like 0 13 * * 1-5
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mux
dubLinkMaker
Dub Shortlink Slackbot We started using dub.co for shortlinks at Mux, so we made a quick Slackbot to make it easier! Usage Fork this thing to your account Set up a Slack bot/app and have the webhooks point at your forked Val Add the following environment variables to Val.town: DUB_API_KEY your Dub API key DUB_WORKSPACE_ID your Dub workspace ID SLACK_MUX_LINK_SIGNING_SECRET Signing secret for the app you created Update the LINK_DOMAIN variable to be the one you want to use (needs to be set up in Dub, of course) Use the command you created in your Slack app! For us, it looks like this: /mux.link https://example.com neat-example This is a quick link for an example.
HTTP
thedavis
whoNext
The cruddiest CRUD app for my @me.roundRobin private val. maintains a round-robin schedule for who should go next in a meeting. This should probably not be accessed manually, but thru a yet-to-be-designed slack bot.
Script
kamalnrf
dailyFeedbinDigest
This Val automatically sends a message to your slack a daily digest of your unread Feedbin articles, summarized by Claude!
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rodrigotello
valTownInspoList
Val Town inspiration & use cases list List [as object] used in Val Town's use cases and inspiration.
Check it out at in /examples/use-cases and /docs/tutorial/4
Script
valdottown
templateTwitterAlert
Twitter/𝕏 Keyword Alerts [TEMPLATE] Get custom notifications when you, your company, or anything you care about is mentioned on Twitter/X, even if they don't tag you directly. This template will help you: Search for specific mentions on Twitter/X using customizable keywords. Deliver notifications wherever you'd like (email, Discord, Slack, Telegram, etc). Example This val tracks mentions of "Val Town" and related terms, excluding noise like retweets and irrelevant accounts. Notifications are sent to a Discord webhook but can be easily reconfigured for other platforms.
To see exactly how we use this template at Val Town: https://www.val.town/v/stevekrouse/twitterAlert Set Up 1. Fork this Val To use this template, fork this val on the top right corner of this page.
2. View Source Code The CODE box shows you the the full source code of this val, you may need to scroll down to see it.
3. Customize Query Define what you want to search for by modifying query : const query = "\"val.town\" OR \"val.run\" OR \"val town\" -_ValTown_ -is:retweet -from:valenzuelacity -from:val__run"; Refer to Twitter's search operators to fine-tune your query. 4. Test API call Set isProd = false in the code if you are testing, to ensure there are enough tweets to display.
Toggle it back to true when you're ready to run this cron job in production and actuall send notifications. 5. Choose Notification Method This template uses a Discord webhook for notifications, but
you can update this to your preferred platform by replacing the discordWebhook call
with a call to Slack , @std/email , etc. Create a Discord webhook following this guide . Save your Discord Webhook URL in your Val Town environment variables : Key: mentionsDiscord Value: Your Discord webhook URL.
Notifications will be sent using this function: await discordWebhook({
url: Deno.env.get("mentionsDiscord"),
content,
}); 🎉 Congrats! You now have a val running that ensures you never miss another Twitter/X mention. 🎉 NOTE: Usage Limits This val uses the SocialData API for Twitter data: Proxies via Val Town's SocialDataProxy : Limited to 10 cents per day for Val Town Pro users . This API is only for Pro users. Need more calls? Sign up for your own SocialData API token and configure the socialDataSearch function.
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