Use Slack actions

Have you ever wanted to create a ClickUp task about a message in Slack? Or maybe you've found yourself copying a message and pasting it into a task in ClickUp.

Integrate Slack and ClickUp to:

  • Attach Slack messages to ClickUp tasks

  • Create ClickUp tasks out of Slack messages 

Gif showing someone attach a Slack message to a ClickUp task.

What you'll need

Attach Slack messages to tasks

The Slack message will be added to a ClickUp comment and styled as a quote with a link back to the original Slack comment.

  1. From Slack, hover over a message.

  2. Click the ellipsis ... and select more message shortcuts.

  3. Click Attach comment.

  4. Search for a task.

  5. Click Add to submit the comment.

Screnshot showing the 'add a comment' menu in Slack.
The comment will be posted to the task in ClickUp.
Screenshot showing a comment in ClickUp which references a Slack message.

Create a ClickUp task from a Slack message

The Slack message will be copied to the description of the ClickUp task, with a link to the original Slack message.

  1. From Slack, hover over a message.

  2. Click the ellipses ... and select more message shortcuts.

  3. Click Create a task
  4. Follow the prompts to create your task!

Save Slack Messages to your Notepad

Send message directly to your Notepad for later reference!

  1. From Slack, hover over a message.

  2. Click the ellipses ... and select more message shortcuts.

  3. Click Save to Notepad.

This creates a brand new note in your Notepad.

 

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