Using Ashby Agents in Slack

prerequisites prior to starting conversations with the ashby assistant or any custom agents in slack, you must have both the integration for slack in place and have the ashby assistant enabled for more on enabling the ashby assistant and configuring custom agents, check out ashby agents docid 2zuvvixdetej4odp 5job reinstalling the integration for slack if you already have the integration for slack configured but would like to access agent capabilities within slack, you will need to re install the ashby app the below steps can only be taken by an organization admin if you've yet to configure the integration for slack, check out slack docid\ w4wjftj8j0vkkxykl2vqo during the time between deactivating and activating again, the slack integration will completely stop working this means that notifications and reminders will not go out we recommend that you take the below steps during less busy hours because to minimize disruption to re install the slack integration navigate to integrations > integrations and click on the integration tile for slack hit deactivate click add to slack within the integration tile and grant the permissions when prompted to by slack to activate the integration again messaging ashby agents via slack you can start a conversation with the ashby assistant or with your custom agents directly in slack to do this in slack, click on the ashby app in the apps section of the left hand channels bar type a question or request in the message ashby field if you'd like to use a custom agent for your request,n ame the custom agent as part of your request (for example 'using the debrief agent, let me know how many debriefs i have coming up') the ashby assistant and custom agents can read and pull information to answer questions on the following areas of ashby candidates interview plans jobs and job pipelines applications interviews feedback forms interview transcripts upcoming interviews openings the ashby assistant and custom agents can take the following actions on your behalf (you will have final confirmation before any action is taken) create candidates add candidate notes change application stages consider candidates for jobs draft and send emails to candidates fill forms all actions and data access execute on your behalf of the user with the same permissions you have in ashby you will only be able access the candidate information your permission level in ashby grants you the actions you are able to take may also be limited due to your permission level for more on access roles and the access they provide, check out user permissions docid\ i5jhibmkqhyobnnvrl8rk ashby agents generate responses, summaries, and recommendations based on the information available to them ai generated content may be inaccurate and should be reviewed before use the assistant will create a thread using your original message and respond accordingly when the assistant is about to take an action on your request (send an email, change a stage, add a note), it renders a preview in slack's own format with buttons to either confirm the action or reject it if you reject the action, then the assistant will ask for your amendments or for further clarification you can respond to the assistant within the same thread to continue the conversation with the assistant retaining the full context of the conversation send a new separate slack message to submit a new request without the context of the previous conversation reviewing conversations with ashby agents all conversations with ashby agents, including those had via the app in slack can be seen in your ai chat history you can access your ai chat history by clicking the ashby ai button on the top navigation bar in your ashby account the slack icon will be displayed by conversations had with agents in slack