> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.honeycomb.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Send Alerts to Slack

> Route Honeycomb Trigger and SLO burn alerts to a Slack channel using the official Honeycomb app for Slack.

export const HnyIcon = ({alias, path, size = 16, iconColor}) => {
  const iconMap = {
    "home": "house.svg",
    "marker": "caretFilledDown.svg",
    "show-marker-options": "chatTextLeft.svg",
    "download": "arrowLineDown.svg",
    "trace-waterfall": "trace.svg",
    "show-query-details": "listDashes.svg",
    "table": "table.svg",
    "log-lines": "logLines.svg",
    "chart": "chartLine.svg",
    "show-settings": "gear.svg",
    "add": "plus.svg",
    "remove": "delete.svg",
    "persist": "caretDown.svg",
    "close": "close.svg",
    "copy": "copy.svg",
    "zoom-in": "magnifyingGlassPlus.svg",
    "zoom-out": "magnifyingGlassMinus.svg",
    "color-assignment": "drop.svg",
    "drag": "dots-six-vertical.svg",
    "drawer": "drawer.svg",
    "show-actions": "dotsThree.svg",
    "edit": "pencil.svg",
    "delete": "trash.svg",
    "move": "arrowsOutCardinal.svg",
    "show-legend": "circleInfo.svg",
    "usage-ok": "usageGood.svg",
    "usage-warning": "usageWarning.svg",
    "usage-danger": "usageDanger.svg",
    "open-query-builder": "query.svg",
    "home-menu": "house.svg",
    "query-menu": "query.svg",
    "boards-menu": "board.svg",
    "triggers-menu": "bell.svg",
    "slos-menu": "handshake.svg",
    "service-map-menu": "serviceMap.svg",
    "history-menu": "clockCounterClockwise.svg",
    "manage-data-menu": "cube.svg",
    "usage-menu": "usageGood.svg",
    "canvas-menu": "sparkle.svg",
    "anomalies-menu": "anomalies.svg",
    "show-details": "dotsThreeVertical.svg",
    "resize-handle": "board-panel-resize-handle.png",
    "standard-dataset": "cube.svg",
    "trace-dataset": "cubeChat.svg",
    "all-datasets": "linkedSquares.svg",
    "share": "arrowBentRight.svg",
    "run-in-query-builder": "arrowSquareUpRight.svg",
    "link": "link.svg",
    "text": "text.svg",
    "receive": "arrowLineDown.svg",
    "process": "lightning.svg",
    "sample": "drop.svg",
    "send": "arrowLineUp.svg",
    "submit": "arrowUp.svg",
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    "canvas": "sparkle.svg",
    "chat-about-this-page": "sparkle.svg",
    "private": "lockKey.svg",
    "shared": "people.svg",
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    "previous": "caretLeft.svg",
    "next": "caretRight.svg",
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    "open-in-canvas": "arrowSquareUpRight.svg"
  };
  const iconBasePath = "/_assets/icons/";
  const iconPath = path || (alias ? `${iconBasePath}${iconMap[alias]}` : undefined);
  return <span className="hny-icon" style={{
    display: "inline-block",
    width: `${size}px`,
    height: `${size}px`,
    maskImage: `url(${iconPath})`,
    maskSize: "contain",
    maskRepeat: "no-repeat",
    maskPosition: "center",
    WebkitMaskImage: `url(${iconPath})`,
    WebkitMaskSize: "contain",
    WebkitMaskRepeat: "no-repeat",
    WebkitMaskPosition: "center",
    backgroundColor: iconColor || "var(--hny-icon-color)",
    verticalAlign: "middle"
  }} />;
};

Connecting Honeycomb to Slack sends [Trigger](/notify/triggers/) and [Service Level Objective (SLO)](/notify/slos/) burn alert notifications directly to your team's Slack channels, so the right people get notified where they already work.
Honeycomb maintains and supports this integration as the [Honeycomb app for Slack](https://slack.com/apps/A4ADZPBC4) in the Slack app directory.

## Before you begin

Before you set up the integration, you need:

* a user account in your team's Slack organization
* a user account in your Honeycomb Team

## Setting up your integration

Setting up the integration installs the Honeycomb app into your Slack workspace and authorizes Honeycomb to post alert notifications to your channels.
A team owner completes this step once; depending on your Slack workspace settings, a Slack admin may need to approve the installation.

To set up your integration:

1. Select **Account** from the navigation menu, then select **Team Settings**.
2. Select the **Integrations** view.
3. Locate the **Honeycomb + Slack** section, and select **Add to Slack**.
4. When Slack requests that you authorize Honeycomb, select **Allow**.
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     <img src="https://mintcdn.com/honeycomb/oJe-ncVHXR8RRGAw/_assets/images/slack/honeycomb_slack_permissions.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=oJe-ncVHXR8RRGAw&q=85&s=aadb3c8fb088cc622c949fcb16863b4f" alt="Screenshot example of Honeycomb's requested permissions when linking to your Slack workspace" width="366" height="440" data-path="_assets/images/slack/honeycomb_slack_permissions.png" />
   </Frame>
5. Invite the Honeycomb Slack app to each Slack channel where you want to receive alerts.

Once authorized and invited to a channel, Honeycomb sends alerts to Slack with features like link unfurling, which shows a preview of your Honeycomb query result graphs.

## Configuring alerts to use Slack as a recipient

After your integration is set up, you can configure individual Triggers and SLOs to send alert notifications to a Slack channel.
Each trigger and SLO recipient is configured separately.

### Configuring triggers to alert Slack

Adding Slack as a recipient on a trigger means Honeycomb posts a notification to your chosen channel whenever that trigger fires.

To configure a trigger to alert Slack:

1. Select **Triggers** (<HnyIcon alias="triggers-menu" />) from the navigation menu.
2. Select the name of the trigger you want to configure, or select **New Trigger** to create a new one.
3. Locate the **Recipients** section and select **Add Recipient**.
4. In the **Add Trigger Recipient** modal, locate the **Recipient** dropdown and choose your Slack integration, then select **Add**.
5. Select **Save Trigger**.

### Configuring SLO burn alerts to alert Slack

Adding Slack as a recipient on a burn alert means Honeycomb posts a notification to your chosen channel whenever that burn alert fires.

To configure an SLO burn alert to alert Slack:

1. Select **SLOs** (<HnyIcon alias="slos-menu" />) from the navigation menu.
2. Locate the SLO you want to configure, or select **New SLO** to create a new one.
3. Select **Configure** in the **Burn Alerts** column.
4. Select an existing burn alert to edit, or select **New Burn Alert** to create a new one.
5. Set your desired exhaustion time, then choose your Slack integration in the **Notify** dropdown.
6. Set your desired **Severity** (Critical is the default).
7. Select **Create Burn Alert**.

## Removing the integration

Removing the integration disconnects Honeycomb from your Slack workspace and stops alert delivery to all associated triggers and SLOs.

To remove the integration:

1. Select **Account** from the navigation menu, then select **Team Settings**.
2. Select the **Integrations** view.
3. Locate the **Honeycomb + Slack** section and select **Revoke**.

## Getting AI-powered investigations in Slack

If your team has [Honeycomb Canvas](/investigate/canvas), the [Honeycomb Canvas Slack App](/investigate/canvas/slack-app) can automatically post AI-powered investigations into alert threads when a trigger, SLO burn alert, or anomaly fires.
Once installed, Canvas joins the alert thread and streams its findings directly in Slack, so your on-call team gets immediate context without switching tools.