The new Slack platform and the features described below are in beta and under active development.

Commands

Running slack help displays the following usage summary in your terminal window:

USAGE
$ slack <command> <subcommand> [flags]


COMMANDS
  auth
    info                    View your active workspace authorization
    list                    List all authorized workspaces
    login                   Login to a new or inactive workspace
    logout                  Log out of a workspace
  cloud
    activity                Print app activity
    deploy                  Deploy the Slack app
    run                     Develop and run locally
  collaborator
    add                     Add a collaborator to your app
    list                    List all collaborators of an app
    remove                  Remove a collaborator from an app
  datastore
    delete                  Delete an item from a datstore
    get                     Get an item from a datastore
    put                     Create or update an item in a datastore
    query                   Query a datastore for items
  env
    add                     Add an environment variable to the app
    list                    List all environment variables for the app
    remove                  Remove an environment variable from the app
  external-auth
    add                     Initiate the oauth2 flow for a provider in your app for the current Slack team
    add-secret              Add client secret for a provider in your app for the current Slack team
    remove                  Remove token(s) for your app in the current Slack team
  function
    distribute              Manage who can view functions published by your app
  manifest
    info                    Displays the app manifest when run in a valid project directory
    validate                Validates the app manifest generated from a valid project directory
  trigger
    access                  Manage who can run your triggers
    create                  Create a trigger for a workflow
    delete                  Deletes an existing trigger
    info                    Get details for a specific trigger
    list                    List details of triggers declared in a valid project directory
    update                  Fully updates an existing trigger
  workspace
    install                 Install the app to a workspace
    list                    List all workspaces that installed the app
    uninstall               Uninstalls the app from a workspace
  create                    Create a Slack project
  deno                      Runs deno command with DENO_AUTH_TOKENS mapped to Slack workspace tokens
  doctor                    Checks and reports on relevant system dependencies
  feedback                  Share feedback about your experience
  help                      Help about any command
  upgrade                   Check available updates for the CLI and SDK
  version                   Print the version number

FLAGS
      --apihost string      Slack API host
  -f, --force               Ignore warnings and continue executing command
  -h, --help                Help for Slack
  -l, --local-run run       Use the local run app created by the run command
      --no-prompt           Use promptless version of command, if supported
  -r, --runtime string      Project's runtime language: deno, deno1.1, deno1.x, 
                            etc. (Default: deno)
  -s, --skip-update         Skip checking for latest version of CLI
      --slackdev            Use the Slack Dev API (--apihost=dev.slack.com)
  -v, --verbose             When set print debug logging
  -w, --workspace string    Use a specific workspace by domain name
  

Quick reference

✨ For more details about how to use flags, check out global flags.

⤵️ For some of the most commonly-used commands, refer to the table below:

Command	Description
`slack login`	The first step in creating a new app is to authorize your CLI to your workspace. Refer to authorize the CLI.
`slack auth list`	You are ready to start developing your Slack app when you see that your workspace has an `ACTIVE` label in the output of this command. Refer to verify workspace authentication.
`slack create <app-name>`	Use this command, along with the name for your app, to create a new app. Refer to create an app.
`slack trigger create --trigger-def <path/to/trigger.ts>`	Create a trigger for your app. Refer to the triggers overview to learn more about the different types: link, scheduled, event, and webhook.
`slack trigger -list`	View information about your app's triggers, including the trigger ID, name, type, creation, and last updated time. You'll be prompted to select the workspace and environment (either local or deployed) for the triggers to list.
`slack run`	Run your app on a local development server. Refer to using slack run.
`slack run --show-triggers`	View triggers created in your local development environment (triggers created in the deployed enviornment will not be listed).
`slack deploy`	Deploy your app to production. Refer to using slack deploy.
`slack uninstall`	Uninstall an app from your workspace. You'll be prompted to choose your workspace first; then you can choose the app you want to remove. Refer to uninstall an app from your workspace.
`slack var add`	Add environment variables (deployed apps only). Variable keys and values are encrypted before storing them.
`slack var list`	View environment variables. For more details, refer to using environment variables.

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