# Connect Slack to Capable for Confluence

To connect Slack to Capable for Confluence, a Confluence site administrator opens **Global settings**, selects the **Notifications** tab and turns on the connect switch on the **Slack** card, then allows the Capable app in Slack. The connection covers the whole site, and approvers start getting Slack direct messages straight away.

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## Before you start

* You need to be a Confluence site administrator. Everyone else sees an **Admin only** badge instead of the switch.
* You need permission to add apps to your Slack workspace.
* People are matched by email, so their Slack and Confluence addresses should be the same.

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## Steps

1. Open **Global settings** for Capable, or select **Manage notifications** in your Capable settings.
2. Select the **Notifications** tab.
3. On the **Slack** card, turn on the connect switch.
4. In Slack, review the permissions and select **Allow**.
5. Back in Confluence, check the Slack card shows **Connected**.
6. Optionally, turn on **Slack approval actions** so approvers can approve, reject or comment from the message.

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## If it does not work

* No switch on the card: you are not a site administrator, or the page has not confirmed it yet. Reload and try again.
* One person gets nothing: check their Slack email matches their Confluence email, and that their own **Slack** switch is on.
* Nobody gets anything: check **Slack integration** is on, on the same card.

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## Related

### [Slack notifications](https://help.gocapable.com/capable/slack-notifications.html)

Everything about Slack in Capable.

### [Send Confluence approval updates to a Slack channel](https://help.gocapable.com/capable/send-confluence-approval-updates-to-a-slack-channel.html)

Broadcast a space to a channel.

### [Slack (Approval)](https://staging.dev.capable-sites.com/wiki/pages/1403879461)

Answering from Slack, in detail.

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_One switch, the whole site in Slack._