# Use GetFlowing from Slack

URL: https://getflowing.ai/docs/integrations/slack

Connect Slack to GetFlowing, ask for work with /getflowing or a mention, and approve requests from the channel you asked in.

Connect Slack to ask GetFlowing for new work from the channels your team already uses, and to answer the approvals that work asks for.

## Connect Slack

1. Go to **Settings**, then **Workspace**, and find the **Slack** card under **Connections**.
2. Choose **Connect**, and allow GetFlowing in your Slack workspace.
3. GetFlowing confirms with **Slack connected**.

Only owners and admins can connect or disconnect Slack. The person who connects it is linked to their GetFlowing account, so GetFlowing knows who is asking. Linking other teammates' Slack accounts is not available yet, so requests from them are not accepted.

## Ask for work

In a channel the GetFlowing app is in, type `/getflowing` followed by what you want, or mention the app. GetFlowing replies in the same channel when it starts, and posts the result there when it finishes. It only ever replies where you asked: it does not post to other channels on its own.

From Slack you can start new work. Changing, testing, deploying, merging or rolling back an existing app, and questions about its status or logs, are not handled from Slack yet. Ask for those in the app's chat.

## Approvals in Slack

When work you asked for from Slack needs an approval, the request appears in the same channel with **Approve** and **Reject** buttons. Only an owner or admin whose Slack account is linked can approve. The decision is posted in the channel and recorded like any other.

Approvals for work started anywhere else, and held self-heal fixes, are answered in GetFlowing, in the **Inbox**, under **Approvals**. See [Approvals](https://getflowing.ai/docs/deploy/approvals).

## Disconnect Slack

On the **Slack** card, choose **Disconnect**. Your team stops getting updates and approval requests in Slack. You can connect it again at any time.