Add Scopes to Your Slack App

The capabilities and permissions of a Slack app are governed by the scopes that it requests.

Note: For more information about Slack permission scopes see the Slack API documentation: Slack Permission Scopes.

To add the scopes to your Slack app:

1. In the Features region of your Slack app, click OAuth and Permissions.

2. On the OAuth and Permissions page, navigate to the Scopes region.

3. In the Bot Token Scopes section, click Add an OAuth Scope.

4. Add the following scopes to your app:

   • channels:manage
   • channels:read
   • chat:write
   • chat:write.customize
   • chat:write.public
   • Commands
   • groups:read
   • groups:write
   • im:write
   • im:read
   • mpim:read

   • mpim:write

   • users:read
   Note:

   A bot user is created in your app.

5. (Optional) Rename the bot user by navigating to the App Home region of your Slack app.