You can format Slack messages in Zaps to add styling, user mentions, and channel and workspace notifications.
Text
- Bold text: wrap your text with asterisks (*).
*bold* - Italic text: wrap your text with underscores (_).
_italic_ - Strikethrough text: wrap your text with tildes (~).
~strikethrough~
Inline code and blockquotes
- Inline code blocks that are a single word or line: wrap your text with a single backtick (`).
inline code block - For inline code blocks that are a block of text: wrap your text with three backticks.
inline code block text block - For blockquotes: start the blockquote with a closing angle bracket (>).
>blockquote
Lists
- Ordered lists: type the number, a period (.), and a space before your text.
1. ordered list - Bulleted list: type an asterisk and a space before your text.
* bulleted list
Links
URL links are automatically hyperlinked in Slack without additional formatting.
To display link text instead of the URL:
- Type an open angle bracket (<), your URL link, a pipe character (|), your link text, and a closing angle bracket.
<https://zapier.com|Link text>
Tip
Link text will include spaces between words.
New lines
No special formatting is required. To add a new line, use the return (enter) key on your keyboard.
Note
You can enter only enter a single new line between lines of text. Two or more consecutive new lines is not supported.
Emoji
- Wrap the name of the emoji in colons (:).
:heart_eyes:
Mentions and notifications
- User mentions: type an open angle bracket, the at symbol (@), the user’s Slack member ID, and a closing angle bracket.
<@UG1234567> - “Everyone” notification (notifies everyone in your workspace in the #general channel): type an open angle bracket, an exclamation point (!), “everyone”, and a closing angle bracket.
<!everyone> - “Here” notification (notifies active members in a specific channel): type an open angle bracket, an exclamation point (!), “here”, and a closing angle bracket.
<!here> - “User group” notification (notifies all members of a user group): type an open angle bracket, an exclamation point (!), type in “subteam” , a caret symbol (^), the user group ID, and a closing angle bracket.
<!subteam^abcde123456>
Tip
To find a user’s Slack member ID:
- Select the user’s Slack profile.
- Click More.
- Copy the member ID by clicking Copy member ID and paste it into your Zap.
To find a user group ID:
- Open Slack in your web browser.
- Select People & user groups from the left-hand menu.
- In the People window, select the User groups tab.
- Select the user group you want to mention.
- In the web page URL, copy the alphanumeric ID that follows
/user_groups/. This is the user group ID.
Note
Your workspace may disable notifications. Contact your Slack administrator to verify if notifications are enabled.