Getting started with Slack

It's easy to get ScrumGenius set up with Slack. Add it to your team today and hold your first automated standup to make your team more productive and efficient.

Getting Started

If you don't already have an account, get started with ScrumGenius on Slack by selecting Sign In with Slack.

Next, you will be redirected to the following page. Select the Slack Workspace you wish to connect from the top right corner and then select Allow. By allowing permissions in this step, the login information used for this Slack Workspace will be automatically connected as the login information for your ScrumGenius account.

Next, you will be redirected to the following page to enter your organization's name.

Fill out the information to create your account as shown below. Since you have already connected and allowed login information with a Slack workspace in a previous step, the email has already been entered for you, as  shown below.

Next, fill out the last bit of information, including selecting Slack for 'Which platform do you use?'.

Once you've completed creating your account, you will be redirected to the following page. Select Connect Slack.

Then, select the Slack Workspace you wish to connect to on the top right corner and then select Allow to grant permissions.

Permissions Breakdown

Here's what we use the permissions for:

• Access information about your public channels

  ScrumGenius uses this to get all your channels so you will be able to add a channel for the app to post a report summary in.

• View email addresses of people on your workspace

  ScrumGenius uses this to fill in the email addresses of your team members for you.

• Send messages as ScrumGenius

  ScrumGenius uses this to send messages to your team.

• Access your workspace's profile information

  ScrumGenius uses this to fill in the names of team members for you. 
  It will also use this information to help you by filling in some fields if you are signing up for ScrumGenius.

Done!

The ScrumGenius both will now have been added to your Slack Workspace, which can be found under Apps > ScrumGenius. Proceed to set up your first report through the theScrumGenius dashboard.