This page outlines Minerva’s features, along with instructions on their usage.
Message Notify
The message notification feature, invoked by the /notify command in Slack, allows the user to easily repost a message posted in one Slack channel to others. This is useful when a message is posted in a particular channel and single-channel guests without access to that channel need to receive it too.
Note that this command is restricted to users in Slack with a role of administrator or higher. Using /notify without the proper role will result in a “User is not admin” error message.
Usage
Using the /notify command opens a dialog box that where you can configure the notification, as seen below:
Examples
Today is the first meeting of project proposals! Shirley wants everyone to alert everyone on the team, so she posts:
@everyone project proposals are today at 8pm! Here is the link: https://example.cominto the #general channel. She's now wants to message the single-channel-guests who wouldn’t see the message posted in #general. First she copies the link to the message, runs/notify, pastes the link in, selects the default channels, sets the alert type toalert-single-channel, and .Roman and Zach are running a rec-elec meeting. Roman sends a message in #recovery saying:
@channel rec-elec meeting is right now!. To copy it and alert #electrical, Roman copies the link to the message, runs/notify, fills in the link, selects #electrical and sets the alert-type toalertorcopy.