# Integration for Slack

You can integrate IncidentHub with Slack to get notified in your Slack channels when incidents occur. 

## Steps to Configure and Install the IncidentHub App for Slack

1. Click on Notification Channels -> Add -> Slack.
2. Click on the Add to Slack button.

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3. On the app installation page, you will be asked to choose the channel where you want the IncidentHub notifications should be sent.
4. Choose the Slack channel and click on "Allow".
5. If the installation is successful, you will be taken back to your IncidentHub dashboard and the newly added IncidentHub app for Slack will show up under "My Channels".

<figure><img src="/files/UEsUb3W6HvUjZsbl3UJJ" alt="List of channels with a Slack app"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Once the IncidentHub app for Slack is installed in your workspace, you do not need to configure it any further.

You can send a test message to check that the IncidentHub app for Slack is installed correctly by clicking on the "Send a Test Message button".

## Messages

IncidentHub will send messages to your Slack channel when any of the following happens:

1. An incident or maintenance is triggered, updated, or resolved in any of your monitored services.
2. An upcoming maintenance reminder is triggered based on your chosen time interval.

This is what a typical message looks like:

<figure><img src="/files/4RJcd3Kf8PWEScbWLTLh" alt="Example message sent by IncidentHub App for Slack"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## Steps to Uninstall

To uninstall the IncidentHub app for Slack, click on the Delete icon near the integration under "Notification Channels"


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