> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://oximy.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Sidekick in Slack

> Continue Room work from a connected Slack channel.

Sidekick can connect a Slack channel to a Room. When someone mentions Sidekick in that channel, the Slack thread is added to the connected Room.

## Start work from Slack

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the connected channel">
    Use a channel that a Room owner has connected to Sidekick.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Mention Sidekick">
    Mention Sidekick and say what you need. Sidekick reads the Slack thread only when it is mentioned.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Continue in the Slack thread">
    Reply in the same Slack thread to keep working with its existing context.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review it in Sidekick">
    Open the connected Room to find the thread, its participants, and its activity. Threads that started in Slack carry a Slack marker and can be filtered in the Room.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Know where replies appear

Messages sent from Slack stay connected to that Slack thread and are recorded in Sidekick. Messages added later from the Sidekick web or desktop app are not sent back into Slack.

Disconnecting a channel keeps its existing threads in Room history, but those Slack threads cannot resume through a later reconnection.

## Where to go next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Rooms" icon="door-open" href="/docs/sidekick/use/rooms">
    Create a Room and connect shared starting context.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Configure Slack" icon="settings" href="/docs/sidekick/admin/slack">
    Connect a managed Slack installation or your own Slack app.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>