Using Augment for Slack

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About Augment for Slack

Augment for Slack brings the power of Augment Chat to your team’s Slack workspace. Mention @Augment in any channel or start a DM with Augment to have deep codebase-aware conversations with your team. Before you can use Augment for Slack, you will need to install the Augment Slack App.

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Adding Augment to Channels

Mention @Augment to add it to any public or private channel.

Note: To protect your code, Augment excludes repository context in channels with external members.

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Starting Conversations in Channels

Mention @Augment anywhere in your message or thread to start a conversation. Augment will consider the entire thread’s context when responding. Remove messages by adding a ❌ reaction.

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Direct Messages

While group discussions help share knowledge, you can also have private conversations with Augment. Access it by:

• Clicking the Augment logo in the top right of your Slack workspace
• Finding it under Apps in the Slack sidebar
• Pressing Cmd/Ctrl T and searching for @Augment

If you don’t see the Augment logo, add it to your navigation bar. If you don’t see this option, contact your workspace admin to re-install the App.

You do not need to mention Augment in direct messages - it will respond to every message!

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Restricting where Augment can be used

Augment already avoids responding with codebase context in external channels, to protect your codebase from Slack users outside of your organization. Beyond this, you can also further restrict what channels Augment can be used in, with an allowlist. If configured, Augment will only respond in channels or DMs that are in the allowlist. To use this feature, contact us.

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Repository Context

Augment uses the default branch (typically main) of your linked repositories. Currently, other branches aren’t accessible.

If you have multiple repositories installed, use /augment repo-select to choose which repository Augment should use for the current conversation. This selection applies to the specific channel or DM where you run the command, allowing you to work with different repositories in different conversations.

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Feedback

Help us improve by reacting with 👍 or 👎 to Augment’s responses, or use the Send feedback message shortcut. We love hearing from you!