# Send Confluence approval updates to a Slack channel

To send Confluence approval updates to a Slack channel, invite the Capable bot to the channel, then as a site administrator open the **Notifications** tab in Global settings and select **Set up** next to **Slack channels**. Add the channel, choose the spaces and notification types, and send a test message.

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## Before you start

* You need to be a Confluence site administrator.
* Slack must already be connected. See [Connect Slack to Capable for Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/capable/connect-slack-to-capable-for-confluence.html).
* Invite the Capable bot to the Slack channel first. Without it, messages are dropped silently.

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**Channel posts skip page permissions.** Everyone in the channel sees the title and link of every page in the spaces you choose, including restricted ones. Pick channels and spaces with that in mind.

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## Steps

1. In Slack, invite the Capable bot to the channel.
2. In Confluence, open **Global settings** for Capable and select the **Notifications** tab.
3. On the **Slack** card, select **Set up** next to **Slack channels**.
4. Select **Add channel** and enter the channel ID or name, for example `#approvals`.
5. Under **Spaces**, pick the spaces the channel should follow.
6. Under **Notification types**, pick the events to post.
7. Leave **Send a test message to the channel when saved** ticked and select **Add channel**.

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## If it does not work

* No test message arrived: the bot is not in the channel, or the name or ID is wrong. Invite the bot and save again.
* Posts stopped: the channel may have been renamed or archived. Edit the channel and save it again.
* Turning Slack off for yourself does not stop channel posts. Remove the channel to stop them.

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## Related

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

Everything about Slack in Capable.

### [Connect Slack to Capable for Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/capable/connect-slack-to-capable-for-confluence.html)

The step before this one.

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

Channel notifications in the Approval guide.

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_Invite the bot first. Then everything else._