Slackmarks

Sometimes, we wish to store important chrome web-pages in our Slack personal workspace. What if we can automate this task and instantly send web-pages with just a single click?

How to achieve this?

• Set up Slack Bot

  • Create a workspace in Slack.
  • Head to Slack apps > https://myspace.slack.com/apps
  • Search for Bots
  • Click Add Configuration to create a new bot.
  • Give it a username (say bookmarks-bot) and purpose.
  • A Bot token starting with xoxb- will be generated.

• Clone this Repo.

• Change the Token and channel name in config.js accordingly.

• Visit Chrome Settings & ensure that the Developer Mode is turned on in Extensions.

• Click Load unpacked extension.

• Select the directory.

• 🎉 The extension is ready to use!

How to use

• Right-click mouse and select Slack this
• A notification comes from bookmarks-bot
• All your bookmarks are saved in bookmarks-bot chat window!

Demo Video

• Video Link

Medium Blog

• Blog Link