Slack Shortcut

Send ideas to friends or colleagues instantly

Make sure you have the Slack Plugin Installed

What can I do with Slack shortcuts?

First, lets create a shortcut to DM a person.

1. Open the launcher CMD + Space

1. Type slack, and select the option with the plug icon‌

1. Click on the shortcut option on the top right

1. A shortcut sidebar will open allowing you to create a shortcut. Slacks will look similar to this. Lets make a shorcut to DM someone and always have it send them a fun emoji.

1. Set a keyword that you will type in the command bar to use a shortcut.

1. Action should be send message, and under target, you can search slack for the person, group, or channel you want to message

1. Find an emoji, and type its text into the Template replacing the $1

You might not have this emotion. Trying something like :smile: or ay type of text!

We can use the template ($1) to set up an emoji. Template allows you to put anything here that will send at the start of every message for your new shortcut.

For example, if I put G in place of $1, a G will be at the front of every message I send Mason. We are going to use it to send an emoji.

1. Click save and test your command!

2. Open your UL Launcher CMD + Space

3. Type as followed by a message and send!

You can see my "as" shortcut at the beginning.

Rockstar emoji followed by my message.

Why is this useful?

As soon as you need to communicate an idea, a response, a simple good morning, communicate that idea at near thought to text speed.

What's next?

1. Open the launcher

CMD + Space

1. Type gm

1. Hit Return