Distributing and collecting content with the Slack integration

Enhance your workflow with two-way Slack integration — capturing ideas and sharing updates seamlessly.

Distribute updates from Axios HQ to Slack and bring important updates from Slack into HQ.

The Slack integration makes it easy to share HQ updates directly into team channels, ensuring everyone sees critical information where they already work. Emails sent from HQ can be instantly published via private or public links to any Slack channel to maximize visibility.

The integration also enables key insights from Slack to be captured in HQ. Using Send to HQ, messages from public channels, private channels, or DMs can be forwarded directly into HQ, where each submission automatically becomes a new card in the New Cards column of the series planner.

Table of contents:

1. Slack integration overview
2. Connect your Slack workspace
3. Sharing to Slack
4. Connect your personal Slack account to send messages as yourself
5. Restrict Slack sending from selected series 
6. Sending Slack messages to HQ
7. FAQs

1. Slack integration overview

• Send from HQ to Slack
  • Send shareable links directly to Slack with AI-generated summaries and featured images.
  • HQ also tracks web views that originate from Slack, giving you insight into engagement.
• Send from Slack to HQ
  • Manually send Slack posts to HQ from public channels, private channels, or DMs.
• Automate content intake from Slack
  • Set up a Slack Agent to automatically create HQ cards by monitoring designated public channels for specific keywords or patterns. 
  • For more detailed instructions on setting up a Slack agent, visit this article. 

2. Connect your Slack workspace

🛠️ How it works: 

• If you are an Axios HQ Owner or Admin, navigate to Settings > Integrations, and click “Connect” on Slack.
• It will redirect to a page where the user must allow Axios HQ access to their Slack workspace. At some orgs, the user will need to request admin approval from this page to continue.
• Once connected, the user is redirected back to Integrations and should see Slack under their Connected Apps

3. Sharing to Slack

🛠️ How it works: 

• After sending an edition, you’ll have the option to "Share to Slack." There are three ways to do so:
  • Right after sending an edition.
  • Via the three-dot overflow menu on the Sent tab.
  • Via sent edition view, by clicking on "Share options."
• A modal will open where users can select to share as Axios HQ or themselves and choose multiple public and private channels to share to. 
• Orgs that have not opted out of AI features can generate a Smart Brevitized summary of their edition by clicking “Generate summary” (this may take up to 20 seconds). 
• Users can edit the message that will be posted within the preview. Users can add an image to their post by selecting from any of the featured images in the edition.
• Select "Share to Slack" to post the message as Axios HQ to the selected public and private channels. Readers can opt to read the full edition on the web by clicking ‘Click to read.’ 

4. Connect your personal Slack account to send messages as yourself

🛠️ How it works: 

• Click on the organization name in the top left corner of the platform > click on your name in the dropdown menu to manage "Your Profile."
• Under Your integrations, hit "Connect your account."
• Hit "Allow" to give Axios HQ permission to access your Slack workspace. 
• Once connected, your access will say "Can send messages as @yourself" 

5. Restrict Slack sending from selected series

🛠️ How it works: 

• Owners and Admins can navigate to Settings > Integrations.
• Click the gear icon to manage settings. 
• Switch the toggle on and select the series that can be shared to Slack. 

6. Sending Slack messages to HQ

🛠️ How it works: 

1. In Slack, find a message you want to send to HQ. 
2. Select the three-dot overflow menu to the right of the Slack message. 
3. Here you will see the option to “Send to HQ.” If you do not see it, click “More message shortcuts” and search for “Send to HQ.” 
4. Once you select “Send to HQ” a pop-up will appear. Select your organization name and series you would like to send your message to and hit “Send.” 
5. You will see a confirmation message in the Slack channel that is only visible to you. Allow some time for the card to be created. Once the card is created, you will receive another message with a link to your card. 

7. FAQs

How does Axios HQ handle my Slack data?

• All Slack content you send to Axios HQ is treated as your confidential information.
• Your data is never used to train third-party AI models.
• All AI input and output is deleted immediately by our AI partners under a Zero Data Retention agreement.
• We have binding contracts in place to ensure all personal data is handled in compliance with applicable privacy and protection laws.

For more details please visit our Trust Center. 

Does the message get posted as HQ or myself?

You can post as Axios HQ or yourself. View instructions above to connect your Slack to post as yourself. 

Can we format messages (bold, italics, etc.)?

Slack messages do not support bold or italic formatting.

Does HQ support sharing to private channels?

Yes, you can share your message to private channels! 

Can I share to Slack without sending the communication via email first?

You’ll only be able to share to Slack for sent editions because a link to the edition isn’t generated until it is sent.

Can I add images to my message?

Yes! You can share the featured image to Slack. 

Can I schedule a Slack message?

We don’t currently support this, but if you’d like us to consider it please submit this feedback via Canny.

Can I set default channels for sharing?

We don’t currently support this, but if you’d like us to consider it please submit this feedback via Canny.

Do one-offs support sending messages to Slack?

We don’t currently support this, but if you’d like us to consider it please submit this feedback via Canny.

Will I be able to see if an edition has been posted to Slack?

We don’t currently support this, but if you’d like us to consider it please submit this feedback via Canny.

Can I see analytics (reactions, threads, etc.) from Slack?

Currently, you cannot. Users can leverage existing link analytics to see views from the web.

Can you tag @here in a message?

Using @here or tagging a specific user will not come through as having tagged the handle.

Can I share cards to Slack?

No, these integrations only support sharing full editions.

Who can read links shared to Slack?

This depends on the chosen link access settings for the relevant series: recipients only, recipients + current audience, or anyone with the link.

Can I include an emoji in my post?

Yes! You can manually add emoji, or for Slack you can use the :emoji-name: convention and it will post with the corresponding emoji.