Bots' posts are not detected even if "New Mention (Instant) from Slack" ignore bots is set to "false"

t-imada · December 9, 2022, 3:03am

Hi,
I am trying to create a workflow to automatically reply to a specific bot.

However, in “New Mention (Instant) from Slack”, even if I set “ignore bots” to false, the bot’s post is not detected.

In “New Message In Channels (Instant) from Slack” this “ignore bots” option is working fine." When “ignore bots” is false, it is detected, when it is true, it is not detected.

Is there a solution?

Regards,
Taisei

New Mention

github.com

PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/slack/sources/new-mention/new-mention.mjs

import common from "../common/base.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "slack-new-mention",
  name: "New Mention (Instant)",
  version: "1.0.6",
  description: "Emit new event when a username or specific keyword is mentioned in a channel",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    conversations: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "conversation",
      ],
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Channels",
      description: "Select one or more channels to monitor for new messages.",

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New Message In Channels

github.com

PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/1df09052a386ee95ab4c589e184f65ce8778c40d/components/slack/sources/new-message-in-channels/new-message-in-channels.mjs

import common from "../common/base.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "slack-new-message-in-channels",
  name: "New Message In Channels (Instant)",
  version: "1.0.5",
  description: "Emit new event when a new message is posted to one or more channels",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    conversations: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.slack,
        "conversation",
      ],
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Channels",
      description: "Select one or more channels to monitor for new messages.",

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vunguyenhung · December 9, 2022, 4:58am

Hello @t-imada, I’m able to reproduce your issue! I have created a new Bug ticket here and put it to our Prioritized backlog! Our Component dev will take a look soon.

For now as a workaround until the bug is fixed, I think you can use the Slack source New Message In Channels (Instant) together with Filter actions to only proceed for a specific message from your bot

t-imada · December 9, 2022, 11:18am

Thank you for your quick response.
The method you suggested got me around the problem for now!