slack-status

A small command line utility to update your status and presence in slack. It includes .command files that are detected by Spotlight on macOS.

Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Execute yarn install within the repository
3. Copy the .env.example file to .env
4. Create a slack application on https://api.slack.com/apps
5. Give the following permissions to the app on the User Token Scopes subsection within the permissions section of your app:
   • users.profile:write to set the user status
   • users:write for the away command
6. Install the new app to your workspace
7. Copy the OAuth token that is generated to the .env file, in the SLACK_TOKEN variable

Usage

Open Spotlight on your Mac with ⌘ + Space and search for one of the files in the commands folder

The first time you might need to write the full name of the .command file, i.e. away.command

Commands

• away.command sets your presence status in slack to away
• coffee.command sets your status in slack to :coffee: Coffetime for twenty minutes by default. Can be customized with the COFFEE_* variables in your .env file.
• lunch.command sets your status in slack to :chompy: Having lunch for sixty minutes by default. Can be customized with the LUNCH_* variables in your .env file.