Responding to app mentions | Slack

In this tutorial, you'll see how you can use Socket Mode to receive events anytime your app is mentioned. We'll show you how apps can respond to these events with a helpful message. Quickly create an app with the correct configuration of scopes and features for this tutorial by clicking below. Bolt is the swiftest way to start building on the Slack Platform. Before you proceed with this tutorial, follow our Getting Started with Bolt for JavaScript, Python, and Java guides to get setup and ready to build. Socket Mode allows your app to use the Events API and interactive features—without exposing a public HTTP Request URL. Instead of sending payloads to a public endpoint, Slack will use a WebSocket URL to communicate with your app. WebSockets use a bidirectional stateful protocol with low latency to communicate between two parties—in this case, Slack and your app. Unlike a public HTTP endpoint, the WebSocket URL you listen to is not static. The URL is created at runtime by calling the ap

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