Once Workbench is installed, starting a conversation is straightforward:
In Slack, search for the Workbench app in your Apps list.
Click New chat.
This opens a direct message thread where you can interact with Workbench the same way you do in the Tines Stories web interface.
✋ Try this: Start a conversation in Slack
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🪄Tip
What's different in Slack
Workbench in Slack supports the core conversational experience: you can chat, run tools, receive confirmations, and select presets. Some features are only available in the Tines Stories web interface:
Tool configuration. Enabling or disabling templates and stories, configuring credentials, and managing internal tools must be done in the web interface.
Viewing tool JSON input and output. Detailed JSON payloads from tool executions are viewable in the web interface, not in Slack.
Custom instructions. Setting or editing custom instructions requires the web interface.
Converting chats to stories. The lightning icon for story conversion is only available in the web interface.
Conversations sync between Slack and Tines Stories. When you start a conversation in Slack, it appears in your Workbench chat history, and vice versa. You can switch between the two without losing context, and access web-only features whenever you need them.