How Can I Use a Dedicated Service Account Instead of Personal Account for a Slack-based Workflow in Pipedream?

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Hello! Could I get some help? I’m building a Slack-based workflow in Pipedream but want it to run under a dedicated service account instead of my own.

Here’s what I’ve set up so far:
• Created a Google group (eg [slack-pipedream@acme.com](mailto:slack-pipedream@acme.com))
• Invited and activated that account as a single-channel guest in Slack (may need to upgrade it to a multi-channel guest or full user if it’s used more broadly)
• Added it to the target Slack channel
What I want is to have my Pipedream workflow trigger when a new message is posted in that channel, but when connecting Slack in Pipedream, it defaults to my own account, and I don’t see an option to sign-in / use as a different account.

I’d prefer not to tie workflows to personal user accounts in case someone leaves the company - is there a way to connect and use the service account instead? Thanks

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You can use the Bot Token integrations instead of OAuth, that might be easier

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Hey thanks for getting back to me… I don’t know what I’m missing but I’ve built a Slack app, applied what I think are the relevant scopes to it, and invited it to a private channel.

No matter that I do, Pipedream cannot see the channel when I search for it in my trigger.

I’ve (Bot Token) scopes applied are:
channels:history
channels:read
chat:write
commands
emoji:read
groups:history
groups:read
groups:write
reactions:read
reactions:write
team:read
users.profile:read
users:read