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Create issue tickets from reaction messages for engineers

Automatically monitor Slack messages for a new ticket reaction across Slack and Jira Software Cloud. Create and update Jira issues when ticket reaction added, reacting user changes, or message context matchesβ€”so you can assign reporters, capture timestamps, and post issue links without manual triage.

How this automation creates trackable IT issues

When a ticket reaction gets added in Slack, delays can stall engineering support and blur ownership. This automation captures message context, looks up reporter and assignee matches, creates Jira issues, and posts the issue link back to the threadβ€”so your team can move faster.

  1. 1.Detect new ticket reaction

    Integrate Slack to watch for a new Reaction Added with emoji ticket and capture message permalink, timestamp, and user context.

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  2. 2.Find reacting user by ID

    Integrate Slack to look up the reacting user profile and map profile email to the reporter lookup key for filtering.

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  3. 3.Find message author by ID

    Integrate Slack to retrieve the message author profile and map author fields to reporter context for the created issue.

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  4. 4.Find Jira user by email

    Integrate Jira Software Cloud to search for a Jira user by reporter email and capture an assignee candidate when found.

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  5. 5.Create Jira issue

    Integrate Jira Software Cloud to create the issue in the configured project and issue type with mapped message details.

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  6. 6.Post issue link in thread

    Integrate Slack to send an in-thread channel message with the created issue URL and a short status note.

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Calendly
Okta
Zendesk
Dropbox
Asana
Allstate
Airbnb
ActiveCampaign
Lyft
Webflow
Canva
Sysco
LA Clippers
Getaround
Grammarly
HelloFresh
Lululemon
Barry's
Hopper
Casper
Hudl
Miro
The New York Times
Ruggable

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