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Slack AI

Round Robin plugs into Slack AI — Slack’s built-in assistant (Slackbot). Once enabled for your workspace, anyone can ask it things like “who is on call for PAYMENTS?” or “show me the support rotation’s upcoming schedule” directly in Slack, and get answers backed by live Round Robin data. No extra apps, no separate sign-in.

Under the hood, Slack AI talks to the same Round Robin MCP server your own assistants can use — the difference is that Slack hosts the assistant and handles identity for you.

Enable it for your workspace

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The connection is powered by an optional Slack permission called mcp:connect. You choose whether to grant it when installing Round Robin — and a workspace that skipped it can grant it later from the dashboard:

  1. Open the dashboard and select the AI assistants (sparkles) button in the top bar.
  2. On the Slack AI card, select Enable.
  3. You are redirected to Slack to approve the mcp:connect permission for your workspace (this re-approves the app with the extra permission — your rotations and settings are untouched). Once approved, the card shows Enabled.

What it does — and doesn’t — change

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  • It only enables the connection. mcp:connect lets Slack AI reach Round Robin’s MCP server for your workspace. It grants no access to messages or any other Slack data.
  • Every request acts as the person asking. Slack AI sees only the rotations, users, channels, and groups that person could see in the dashboard, and changes follow the same rules as everywhere else: owner-gated, plan limits enforced, and confirmed before running. The full permission model is described on the MCP server page.
  • Members who don’t use AI assistants are unaffected. If you never opt in, Round Robin works exactly as before — the permission is not required for any other feature, including connecting Claude or another MCP client directly.
  • The grant is sticky. Reinstalling the app keeps the permission (Slack permissions are additive). To remove it, uninstall Round Robin from your workspace and install it again without granting the optional permission.

What you can ask

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Everything the MCP server offers is available: who is on call and up next, rotation lists and schedules, and — for rotation owners — creating rotations, editing them, and setting schedules conversationally. See the available tools for the complete list.