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The Slack integration discovers third-party apps installed in your workspace, Slack Connect channels with external companies, and per-channel member counts. New connections use a one-click OAuth flow brokered through Auth0 — there’s no token to paste.

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What you’ll need

  • Slack workspace Owner or Admin role.
  • Two minutes.

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Set it up

1

Open the Slack integration in Layer

In Layer, go to Integrations, find Slack, and click Sign in with Slack.
2

Approve the OAuth scopes in Slack

You’ll be redirected to Slack’s authorization screen. Pick the workspace you want to connect and review the requested bot scopes:
  • users:read, users:read.email — list workspace members
  • channels:read, groups:read — list public and private channels
  • team:read — read workspace metadata
  • apps:read — list installed third-party apps
Click Allow.
3

Wait for the first sync

You’ll land back at Integrations with the Slack card marked connected. The initial sync runs immediately and typically finishes in under five minutes.

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What gets synced

ObjectFieldsRefresh cadence
Membersname, email, title, deactivated stateEvery 6 hours
Channelsname, type (public / private / connect), member countEvery 6 hours
Installed appsapp name, installer, install date, scopesDaily
Slack Connect channelsexternal workspace name, external member countDaily

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Permissions Layer never asks for

We do not request channels:history, groups:history, or any scope that would let us read message contents.

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Token refresh

Slack access tokens do not expire on their own, but they can be revoked by a workspace admin or if the Axiom app is uninstalled. If that happens, the connection status changes to needs re-auth and you can reconnect with one click from Integrations → Slack → Reconnect.

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Existing bot-token connections

Tenants that connected before the OAuth flow shipped used a manually-pasted Slack bot token (xoxb-...). Those connections continue to work unchanged — Layer reads the legacy bot_token field first and falls back to the new OAuth access_token automatically. When you reconnect or rotate credentials, the new OAuth flow takes over and replaces the bot token.

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Troubleshooting

The authorizing user may not be a workspace admin. Reconnect with an Owner or Admin Slack account.
Go to Integrations → Slack → Disconnect in Layer, then revoke the Axiom app at my.slack.com/apps/manage.