# Post Confluence approval updates to a Slack channel

To post a Confluence space's approval activity to a Slack channel, invite the Capable bot to the channel, then in **Global settings**, on the **Notifications** tab, select **Set up** next to Slack channels on the **Slack** card. Add the space and choose which events the channel hears about.

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## Before you start

| **You need**                           | **Why**                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| -------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| A Confluence administrator             | Channel set-up lives in Global settings.                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Slack connected                        | See [Set up Slack notifications for Confluence approvals](https://help.gocapable.com/approval/set-up-slack-notifications-for-confluence-approvals.html). |
| The Capable bot invited to the channel | It cannot post to a channel it is not in.                                                                                                                                                                              |

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## Steps

1. In Slack, invite the Capable bot to the channel.
2. Open **Global settings**. Site administrators find it under **Manage** in the Approval sidebar, or in Confluence administration.
3. On the **Notifications** tab, select **Set up** next to Slack channels on the **Slack** card.
4. Add the space the channel should follow.
5. Switch on the events the channel should hear about: requests, approvals, rejections, comments, status changes and expirations.

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## Good to know

* Comments are quoted in full in channel posts, so everyone in the channel reads them.
* People turning off their own Slack notifications does not stop channel posts.
* Useful for a compliance channel watching a controlled space, or a team channel watching its own.

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## Related

### [Slack](https://help.gocapable.com/approval/slack.html)

The full Slack reference.

### [Notify a compliance lead about every Confluence approval in a space](https://help.gocapable.com/approval/notify-a-compliance-lead-about-every-confluence-approval-in-a-space.html)

Email the outcomes to named people instead.

### [Notifications](https://help.gocapable.com/approval/notifications.html)

Who hears about what.

### [Integrating Confluence approvals with Slack](https://help.gocapable.com/approval/integrating-confluence-approvals-with-slack.html)

All Slack how-to guides.

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_The whole team sees the review, without anyone forwarding anything._