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A trigger is the event that starts your Zap—like a "New Public Message Posted Anywhere" from Slack.

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Supported triggers and actions

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- Trigger for Bot Messages?
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- Trigger for Bot Messages?
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- Channel
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- User Name
- Shared
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- Search Query
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- Optimized data
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Polling
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- Zap Identifier
- Access type
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New Saved Message
Triggers when you save a message.
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- Remind when?
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- User
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- Channel
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- Add Zapier app to channel automatically?
- Text
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- Send as a bot?
- Bot Name
- Bot Icon
- Include a link to this Zap?
- Attach Image by URL
- Auto-Expand Links?
- Link Usernames and Channel Names?
- Schedule At
- File
- Thread
- Send Channel Message?
- Zap_id
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- Zap Identifier
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- Approval request message
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- Channel
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- Bot Name
- Bot Icon
- Approvers
- Approve button URL
- Approve button label
- Include a Decline button?
- Include a Details button?
- Ask responders for confirmation?
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- First Name
- Last Name
- Title
- Email
- Display Name
- User
Action
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- Stop on error
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- HTTP Method
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- URL
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- Query string parameters
- Additional request headers
- Body
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Delete Message
This action deletes an existing message in a specific channel on Slack. You need to provide the channel ID and the message timestamp as inputs.
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Create Private Channel
This action creates a private channel in Slack.
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Edit Message
This action updates a specific message sent by the same Authenticated user on Slack. You need to provide the Channel ID, the Timestamp of the message to be edited, and the new text for the message.
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- Search Query
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- Sort By
- Sort Direction
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Search
- ID
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- Optimized data
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Search
- Bot Name
- Optimized data
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Search
- Transform
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- Transform
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New Channel
Triggers when a new #channel is created.
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- Include_alias
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- User Name
- Highlight Word
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- Channel
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- Trigger for Bot Messages?
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- Channel
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- Reaction
- User
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New User
Triggers when a new Slack user is created / first joins your org.
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- Users
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- Send Multi Message
- Text
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- Send as a bot?
- Include a link to this Zap?
- Attach Image by URL
- Auto-Expand Links?
- Link Usernames and Channel Names?
- Schedule At
- Zap_id
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- Channel
  Required
- Add Zapier app to channel automatically?
- Text
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- Send as a bot?
- Bot Name
- Bot Icon
- Include a link to this Zap?
- Attach Image by URL
- Auto-Expand Links?
- Link Usernames and Channel Names?
- Schedule At
- Zap_id
- File
- Thread
- Send Channel Message?
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- Channel
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- Topic
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Action
Write
- Status Text
- Status Emoji
- Expiration Time
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Remove User from Channel
This action removes a specified user from a specified channel in Slack.
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Retrieve Thread Messages
This action retrieves all the messages sent to a specific thread in a selected channel.
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Find Public Channel
This action will find a public channel in Slack using either the channel's ID or name.
Action
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Get Message by Timestamp
This action retrieves a specific message from a conversation history in Slack using the message's timestamp.
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- Email
- Optimized data
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Search
- Full Name
  Required
- Optimized data
Action
Search
- Transform
  Required
Action
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- Transform
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Action
Write

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