How to add your individual Slack account to Dropbox Dash

Add your individual Slack account to Dropbox Dash to quickly search messages and attachments across public and private channels, direct messages, and group chats. You can view content directly in Dash or open your content in Slack with a single click. Additionally, you can interact with the Dash AI app in Slack to ask questions about your content.

API permissions

When adding your individual Slack account, Dash requests the following authorizations:

Dash AI app integration permissions

These permissions allow Dash to operate within Slack, respond to your direct messages, and link with your Dash account:

• assistant:write  
  • Enables Dash to act as an AI app agent in your workspace
• chat:write  
  • Allows Dash to send direct message replies
• im:history  
  •   Grants access to your direct message history to answer your questions
• team:read  
  • Provides basic workspace info (name, domain, icon) to connect Dash to the correct workspace
• users:read  
  • Fetches basic profile details (like display names) to identify message authors
• users:read.email  
  • Securely matches Slack users with their Dash accounts using email

Real-time Slack integration permissions

These permissions enable Dash to search your Slack content and display results within Dash:

• channels:read / groups:read / im:read / mpim:read  
  • Provides context about message sources (public/private channels, DMs, group DMs)
• files:read
  • Allows Dash to search and display Slack files that match your query
• search:read.im / search:read.mpim / search:read.private / search:read.public  
  • Allows Dash to search messages across DMs, group DMs, private channels, and public channels that you have access to
• team:read  
  • Lets Dash redirect you back into Slack when you click a search result
• users:read / users:read.email  
  • Validates that your Slack account matches your Dash account securely

Limitations

• Messages sent by bots aren’t searchable in Dash.

How real-time search integration works

After you add Slack, Dash fetches search results directly from Slack on demand. This ensures your search results are always up to date.

How to add your individual account to Dash

Adding your individual Slack account to Dash allows you to search messages and attachments from public and private channels, direct messages, and group chats.

To add your individual Slack account:

1. Log in to dash.ai.
2. Click Apps near the bottom of the left sidebar.
3. Under Slack, click ①Add to the right of the banner that reads “Complete setup: Connect with your Slack account to get search results.”
4. Log in to the Slack workspace that you want to add.
5. Review the permissions prompt, then click Allow.

You’ve now added your individual Slack account to Dash.

Admins: How to add Slack for your team

Once you add your organization's Slack account to Dash, team members can add their individual Slack accounts. Additionally, the Dash AI app will be installed in the Slack workspace for both admins and team members.

To add Slack for your team:

1. Log in to dash.ai using your admin credentials.
2. Click your avatar (profile picture or initials) in the lower left.
3. Select Admin console.
4. Click Apps. 
5. Click the More apps tab. 
6. Click ①Add to the right of Slack.
7. Click Start.
8. Review the permissions prompt, then click Allow.
9. Click Done.

Slack is now available on the apps page for team members to add.