Private Slack Channels

In Slack, channels can be open to anyone in the workspace (public) or limited to only a few members (private). Adding Thena to a private channel must be done using the native Slack UI.

The two ways to add Thena to private channels are shown below:

Add an App

• Click on the #channel-name (Top left corner of the pane).
• In the pop up, select Integrations -> Add an App
• Select and Add Thena
• Thena has now been added to your channel, and will show up in the webapp.

Use The @Thena Command in Slack

• Go to the Private Channel.
• Type @Thena and send the message.
• A modal will pop open and ask you if you want to 'Add Thena to this channel'. Click yes.
• Thena has now been added to your channel, and will show up in the Web App.

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Channel Notification

Thena itself will not notify anyone in the channel that is has been added, but Slack will post a greyed out message saying that "Thena was added to [channel name] by [user]".

If you are concerned about that notification, please have a Slack Admin add Thena to private channels and then delete the post