ZeroTwo reaches Slack and Microsoft Teams through connectors. You sign in to Slack or Microsoft from inside ZeroTwo, and ZeroTwo then looks things up in your Slack or Teams when you ask it to. You add and use the connectors from ZeroTwo itself: from Customize and from the message box.
Slack and Teams compared
| Slack | Microsoft Teams | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | "Search messages, send messages, and manage canvases in Slack." | "Include your Teams data in your chats." |
| You sign in with | Your Slack account | Your Microsoft account |
| Reading permissions | Search public and private channels, files and people; read history in public channels, private channels, group messages and direct messages | User.Read, Team.ReadBasic.All, Channel.ReadBasic.All and ChannelMessage.Read.All |
| Writing permissions | Send messages, and read and edit canvases | None: no requested permission has Send or Write in its name |
| Full guide | This article | How do I connect Microsoft Teams to ZeroTwo? |
Connect either one
- Select Customize in the left rail, then Connectors.
- Find Slack or Microsoft Teams and select Connect.
- In the window that opens, select Connect again and sign in with Slack or Microsoft.
The window also has a "Reference memories and chats." switch and notes titled "Data shared with this app." and "Apps may introduce elevated risk." Read them before you approve.
What you approve in Slack
Slack signs you in as yourself, using its user sign-in. The permissions ZeroTwo requests are:
- Searching public channels, private channels, files and people (
search:read.public,search:read.private,search:read.files,search:read.users). - Reading message history in public channels, private channels, group messages and direct messages (
channels:history,groups:history,mpim:history,im:history). - Sending messages (
chat:write). - Reading and writing canvases (
canvases:read,canvases:write). - Reading profiles and email addresses (
users:read,users:read.email).
The Teams permissions are listed in the Teams guide.
Use them in conversations
In Chat mode ZeroTwo attaches Slack or Teams tools only when your latest message mentions them. Type @Slack or @Teams in your message, for example "@Slack search for messages about the release". In Work mode ZeroTwo does not need a mention to reach your connected connectors.
Keep control of what ZeroTwo can do
Open Slack or Teams from the Installed row on the Connectors page. Under Tool permissions, tools are grouped as Read-only tools and Write/delete tools. Because Slack can send messages as you, consider setting its sending tools to Needs approval. Work mode then asks before it acts, with choices that include Allow once, Allow for this run and Deny. Regular chat does not ask, so use Blocked for any tool you never want used. Blocked hides the tool from ZeroTwo everywhere.
To remove a connection, open the three-dot menu on the connector's page and choose Disconnect. If a connector's page shows "Connection issue", select Connect to sign in again.