How to connect Slack + Box
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Popular Slack + Box workflows
- Get notified in Slack when a file is added to your Box Folder
Get notified in Slack when a file is added to your Box Folder
- Post a digest of new files added to Box to any Slack channel on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis
Post a digest of new files added to Box to any Slack channel on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis
- Get a digest of all new Box files in a scheduled Slack direct message
Get a digest of all new Box files in a scheduled Slack direct message
- Get a digest of new Box comments delivered to Slack on a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule
Get a digest of new Box comments delivered to Slack on a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule
- Get a digest of new Box comments delivered to Slack
Get a digest of new Box comments delivered to Slack
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Post a digest of new files added to Box to any Slack channel on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis
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Get a digest of all new Box files in a scheduled Slack direct message
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- New Public Message Posted AnywhereTriggers when a new message is posted to any public channel.Trigger
- New ChannelTriggers whenever a new #channel is created.Trigger
- New Message Posted to ChannelTriggers when a new message is posted to a specific #channel you choose.Trigger
- New Team Custom EmojiTriggers when a custom emoji has been added to a team.Trigger
- New FileTriggers when a new file is uploaded to your workspace.Trigger
- New MentionTriggers when a username or highlight word is mentioned in a public #channel.Trigger
- New Message Posted to Private ChannelTriggers when a new message is posted to a specific #private-channel or multi-dm.Trigger
- New Pushed MessageTriggers when you click the "Push to Zapier" button from a message in Slack.Trigger
- Slack
Triggers when a reaction (aka reactji) is added to a message in a public #channel.
Instant
Trigger
- Slack
Triggers when you save a message.
Instant
Trigger
- Slack
Triggers when a new Slack user is created / first joins your org.
Instant
Trigger
- Slack
Adds a reminder for yourself or a teammate, just like the
Scheduled
Action
- Slack
Invite an existing User to an existing Channel. You must be a member of the channel to invite someone to it.
Scheduled
Action
- Slack
Post a new message to a specific #channel you choose. Can also schedule a message for later.
Scheduled
Action
- Slack
Send a direct message to a user or yourself from the Slackbot. Can also schedule a message for later.
Scheduled
Action
- Slack
Creates a new channel.
Scheduled
Action
- Slack
Post a new message to a private channel you choose. Can also schedule a message for later.
Scheduled
Action
- Slack
Sets the topic on a selected channel.
Scheduled
Action
- Slack
Update basic profile fields such as name or title
Scheduled
Action
- Slack
Sets your Slack status to the given text and emoji.
Scheduled
Action
- Slack
Finds a Slack message using the Slack Search feature.
Scheduled
Action
- Slack
Finds a user by matching against their email instead of their username.
Scheduled
Action
- Slack
Finds a user by their ID.
Scheduled
Action
- Slack
Finds a user by matching against their real name instead of their username.
Scheduled
Action
- Slack
Finds a user by their username.
Scheduled
Action
- Box
Triggered when someone comments on a file in a folder you own/collaborate on.
Scheduled
Trigger
- Box
Triggered when a new event is performed (this is the activity stream).
Scheduled
Trigger
- Box
Triggered when you add a new file to a folder.
Scheduled
Trigger
- Box
Triggered when you add a new folder.
Scheduled
Trigger
- Box
Triggered when you are assigned a task.
Scheduled
Trigger
- Box
Adds an individual user as a collaborator on a folder.
Scheduled
Action
- Box
Adds a comment to a file.
Scheduled
Action
- Box
Copy an already-existing file from another service to Box.
Scheduled
Action
- Box
Creates a brand new folder at the path you specify.
Scheduled
Action
- Box
Moves or copies a file from one folder to another.
Scheduled
Action
- Box
Creates a brand new text (.txt) file from plain text content you specify.
Scheduled
Action
- Box
Adds a task to a file.
Scheduled
Action
- Box
Search for a specific file by name.
Scheduled
Action
- Box
Search for a specific folder by name.
Scheduled
Action
How Slack + Box Integrations Work
- Step 1: Authenticate Slack and Box.30 seconds
- Step 2: Pick one of the apps as a trigger, which will kick off your automation.15 seconds
- Step 3: Choose a resulting action from the other app.15 seconds
- Step 4: Select the data you want to send from one app to the other.2 minutes
- That’s it! More time to work on other things.
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