slackbot-tell

Reminders for other people.

It's like Slack's /remind command, but with the ability to have slackbot /tell or /ask other people things at specific times.

E.g.:

/tell @mojodna to handle idling tomorrow

slackbot: Ok, I'll tell @mojodna to handle idling tomorrow at 12:00pm.

Then, tomorrow at 12pm, slackbot will send you a message saying, "@mojodna asked me to tell you to handle idling."

Caveats

We don't actually use this, primarily because Heroku app idling prevents future notifications from being delivered. Your mileage may vary.

Environment Variables

• SLACK_TOKEN - this is the token that Slack provides when you configure a new slash command
• REDIS_URL - a URL for an accessible Redis service (when deployed on Heroku, this involves configuring one of the many add-ons)