Slack Schedule

Slack Schedule
Certified
Schedule a Slack message

Queues a message to post at a future time; cancellable with DeleteScheduled. Requires chat: write and a post-at timestamp in the future.

yaml
type: io.kestra.plugin.slack.app.chats.Schedule

Examples

Schedule a message

yaml
id: slack_schedule_message
namespace: company.team

tasks:
  - id: schedule_message
    type: io.kestra.plugin.slack.app.chats.Schedule
    token: "{{ secret('SLACK_TOKEN') }}"
    channel: "#general"
    messageText: "Scheduled reminder"
    postAt: "{{ now() | dateAdd(1, 'HOURS') }}"

Schedule a daily report

yaml
id: slack_daily_report
namespace: company.team

tasks:
  - id: schedule_report
    type: io.kestra.plugin.slack.app.chats.Schedule
    token: "{{ secret('SLACK_TOKEN') }}"
    channel: "#reports"
    postAt: "{{ now() | dateAdd(1, 'DAYS') | date('yyyy-MM-dd') }}T09:00:00Z"
    payload: |
      {
        "text": "Daily Report",
        "blocks": [
          {
            "type": "section",
            "text": {
              "type": "mrkdwn",
              "text": "*Daily Report* - Ready for review"
            }
          }
        ]
      }

Properties

postAt *string

Post time (Unix seconds)

Future time to post the message; the Instant is converted to epoch seconds for Slack.

token *string

Slack token

channel string

Channel to send message

Channel ID or name; can also be set inside the payload.

iconEmoji string

Message icon emoji

Emoji code (e.g., : wave: ) that overrides iconUrl.

iconUrl string

Message icon URL

HTTPS image used as icon when iconEmoji is not provided.

messageText string

Message Text or JSON String

The message content as a raw string. It can be plain text with markdown, or a JSON object. If not a valid JSON object, it is automatically wrapped in {"text": "..."}. This property is ignored if the payload property is set.

payload string

Slack message payload

pluginDefaultsRef string

Reference (ref) of the pluginDefaults to apply to this task.

timestamp string

Thread timestamp to reply to

Slack ts value for replying in a thread; must belong to the same channel.

username string

Display username

Overrides the bot's default display name for this message.

Outputs

messageId *string

Scheduled message ID

postAt *integer

Post time (Unix seconds)

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