Slack Bots 101: An Introduction to Slack Bot–Based Workflow Automation

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Shows how to build a deployable Slack bot that automates sending hiring assessments and tracking candidate responses using the Slack API and Slack Block Kit for interactive views. Describes running handlers on a small web server (Flask-style) with local development via a websocket connection and deploying to Google Cloud Functions, plus practical lessons on scopes, secrets, and input validation.

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1. 0:00Slack bot automation
2. 2:52First Slack bot
3. 5:43Interactive bot elements
4. 9:57Development workflow
5. 13:31Deploying Slack bots
6. 17:05Q&A

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