slack-bot-builder

# Slack Bot Builder ## Patterns ### Bolt App Foundation Pattern The Bolt framework is Slack's recommended approach for building apps. It handles authentication, event routing, request verification, and HTTP request processing so you can focus on app logic. Key benefits: - Event handling in a few lines of code - Security checks and payload validation built-in - Organized, consistent patterns - Works for experiments and production Available in: Python, JavaScript (Node.js), Java **When to use**: ['Starting any new Slack app', 'Migrating from legacy Slack APIs', 'Building production Slack integrations'] ```python # Python Bolt App from slack_bolt import App from slack_bolt.adapter.socket_mode import SocketModeHandler import os # Initialize with tokens from environment app = App( token=os.environ["SLACK_BOT_TOKEN"], signing_secret=os.environ["SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET"] ) # Handle messages containing "hello" @app.message("hello") def handle_hello(message, say): """Respond to messages containing 'hello'.""" user = message["user"] say(f"Hey there <@{user}>!") # Handle slash command @app.command("/ticket") def handle_ticket_command(ack, body, client): """Handle /ticket slash command.""" # Acknowledge immediately (within 3 seconds) ack() # Open a modal for ticket creation client.views_open( trigger_id=body["trigger_id"], view={ "type": "modal", "callback_id": "ticket_modal", "title": {"...