Integration

Slack for instant insights and intel monitoring

Competitive answers in your channels
Monitor shared competitive intel
The latest news, in your Slack

How does the Slack integration work?

Steve, an AI competitive intelligence platform, connects to Slack so your team can ask competitor questions with the /insights command and get answers in the channel. Configure a channel for scheduled competitor news, daily or weekly, and a separate channel where Steve listens for shared competitive intel. Contributors approve what Steve saves, or a PMM can require approval.

Step 1

Get your Slack connected

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Navigate to the settings page, which is the last element on the navigation on the left-hand side, and click on the communications tab; or open this URL.
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Under the Slack tab, click on the `Add to Slack` button.
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Authenticate on the Slack OAuth page and that's it!

Slack settings tab with the Add to Slack button to connect your workspace

Step 2

Ask competitive questions in Slack

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Steve works best with the '/insights' command.
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You can ask it a wide variety of questions related to your competitors.
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You can answer to Steve's follow up questions too!

Steve responding to an /insights command in Slack with one-line competitor news summaries

Step 3

Configure a channel for Competitor Alerts

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You can configure different alert channels for different projects.
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When inside a project, go to the 'Slack Settings' page from the left navigation.
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You can select a channel where Steve would send regular competitor updates, primarily pulling in news your competitors are making.
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You can configure Steve to send updates either Daily or Weekly.

Notification Settings showing a notification channel and Daily or Weekly summary frequency

Step 4

Configure a channel for Steve to detect Competitor Insights

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You can configure different channels for different projects.
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When inside a project, go to the 'Slack Settings' page from the left navigation.
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You can select a channel where Steve would listen to insights shared on those channel.
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Steve can see messages shared ONLY on this channel.
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By default the person who posted the insight can approve the insight to be included in Steve's knowledge base.
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You can turn off this setting by setting 'Require PMM approval only' to true.

Intelligence Settings showing a Slack intelligence channel selector and PMM approval only toggle

The answer is your messaging

A rep asks a competitive question in Slack. Steve answers with your messaging, cited back to the objection-handling card and a real call — not a generic model guess.

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