Using Transposit Slack Commands

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As one of your first steps when starting your journey with Transposit, check that Slack has been set up and that a custom Slack field is available in the incident types that you will be using to create your incidents.

You will then be able to set up Slack in your incidents and to use Transposit from Slack, as described below.

Use the following commands to interact with Transposit from any Slack channel.

Slack CommandDescription
/incident newCreate new incident.
/incident run <script-slug>Run a script. Scripts are created by administrators in the Automation Hub, listed under My Scripts. Add a slug to a script to make the script accessible outside of an incident.

Use the following commands to interact with Transposit from a Slack channel that is connected to an incident.

Slack CommandDescription
/incident newCreate new incident.
/incident editEdit the incident associated with the channel.
/incident run <script-slug>Run a script. Scripts are created by administrators in the Automation Hub, listed under My Scripts. Add a slug to a script to make the script accessible outside of an incident.
/incident closeClose the incident associated with the channel.
/incident reopenReopen an incident associated with the channel.

Slack /incident Command#

In Slack, use the /incident command to initiate interaction between Slack and Transposit, together with the commands below.

  • Create New Incidents in Slack

    Type /incident new to create new incidents from your Slack channel.

  • Edit the Current Incident in Slack

    Type /incident edit to edit the current incident from your Slack channel.

  • Run Scripts in Slack

    Type /incident run to see the scripts that can be run from your Slack channel.

    Then type /incident run followed by the slug defined for the script, such as /incident run HELLOWORLD.

Next Steps#