Poker Planner for Slack

This project lets you make estimations with planning poker technique (or scrum poker) directly in Slack, without any need of external software. It can be a useful tool for agile remote teams.

Slack App Directory: https://pokerplanner.slack.com/apps/A57FFS3QE-poker-planner

Installation & Add to your Slack Team

• Go to website: https://deniz.co/slack-poker-planner/
• Click "Add to Slack" button
• Select the team you want to install Poker Planner from the dropdown top right
• Click Allow button

Usage

For detailed usage documentation, please visit website.

Self-hosting

If you want to host your own app, follow this steps:

Creating Slack App & Getting Credentials

• Create a new Slack app from here.
• Interactivity & Shortcuts
  • Turn on "Interactivity"
  • Set request url: http://my.awesome.project.url/slack/interactivity
• Slash Commands
  • Create a new command /pp (or any command you want) and set request url as http://my.awesome.project.url/slack/pp-slash-command
  • Make sure that "Escape channels, users, and links sent to your app" option is turned on
• OAuth & Permissions
  • Add a new OAuth Redirect URL: http://my.awesome.project.url/oauth
  • Required bot permission scopes: commands, chat:write
  • Required user permission scopes: None
• User ID Translation
  • Turn off "Translate Global IDs"
• Tokens
  • Client ID, Secret and Verification token can be found on Basic Information page
• Installation
  • Go to Manage Distribution, click "Add to Slack" and grant permissions

Running via Docker

docker run \
  --publish 3000:3000 \
  --env SLACK_CLIENT_ID="xxx" \
  --env SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET="xxx" \
  --env SLACK_VERIFICATION_TOKEN="xxx" \
  dgurkaynak/slack-poker-planner:latest

Running Manually

Node.js requirement >= 12.17.0

• Clone this repo
• Install dependencies: npm i
• Build: npm run build
• Start the app: npm start

Environment variables

Check out .env file.