What Information Does the Slack Integration Access?
Last updated: November 13, 2026
Ambition only reads what it needs from Slack to send notifications and match users -- it doesn't read or store messages posted in your Slack channels. This article lists what Ambition accesses and stores, and the Slack permissions it requests.
Required permissions:
The Integrations: Edit permission is required to connect Slack to Ambition.
What Ambition Stores
Channels: Names and Slack IDs of channels Ambition can access, used to fill the channel list in Workflows.
Users: Name, email, Slack ID, and whether the user is active. This information is used to used to mention employees in posts.
Messages: Only the messages Ambition posts in Slack.
Slack Permissions Requested
channels:read: View basic information about public channels in a workspace.
groups:read: View basic information about private channels that Ambition has been added to.
chat:write: Send messages as Ambition.
chat:write.public: Send messages to channels Ambition isn't a member of. Only requested with Public Access.
commands: Add shortcuts and slash commands that people can use.
reactions:write: Add and edit emoji reactions.
team:read: View the name, email domain, and icon for the workspace.
users:read and users:read.email: View people and their email addresses in a workspace.