> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hellocobi.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Slack

> Use Cobi inside Slack to ask questions, create charts, and share answers with your team

Cobi brings the Data Assistant into Slack so your team can ask questions where work is already happening. Ask in a channel, DM the app, use `/cobi`, or continue a Cobi thread.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Ask in a channel" icon="comments" href="/platform/channels/slack/using-cobi">
    Mention Cobi in channels where the app has been invited
  </Card>

  <Card title="Use slash commands" icon="terminal" href="/platform/channels/slack/slash-commands">
    Run `/cobi ask`, `/cobi chart`, `/cobi table`, `/cobi link`, and `/cobi status`
  </Card>

  <Card title="Link your account" icon="link" href="/platform/channels/slack/account-linking">
    Connect your Slack user to your Cobi user for attribution
  </Card>

  <Card title="Troubleshoot" icon="circle-question" href="/platform/channels/slack/troubleshooting">
    Fix common setup, linking, and response issues
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## The main ways to use Cobi

### Mention Cobi

Mention Cobi in a channel to ask a question:

```text theme={null}
@Cobi how is revenue trending this month?
```

Cobi replies in a thread so the answer stays close to the original question.

### DM Cobi

Send Cobi a direct message for questions that do not need to be visible in a channel.

```text theme={null}
hello cobi
```

### Use `/cobi`

Use slash commands when you want a specific flow:

```text theme={null}
/cobi chart revenue by week
/cobi table top customers
/cobi status
```

Commands like `help`, `status`, and `link` are private to you. Commands that ask for analysis create a public thread in the channel where you ran them.

### Follow up in threads

After Cobi answers in a thread, you can keep replying there without mentioning Cobi again.

```text theme={null}
go ahead
show that by month
explain the rows above
```

Cobi uses the prior thread context so follow-ups stay connected.

## What Cobi can return

* Short answers with the key takeaway.
* Chart images for trend or comparison questions.
* Table or CSV artifacts for ranking, list, or record-level questions.
* An `Open Cobi` button when the full answer is easier to inspect in the web app.
* Feedback tracking when you react to an answer with thumbs up or thumbs down.

## Before you start

<Steps>
  <Step title="Install Slack">
    Ask a Cobi admin to [connect your Slack workspace](/platform/channels/slack/install).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Invite Cobi">
    Invite Cobi to each channel where people should ask questions.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Link your account">
    Run [`/cobi link`](/platform/channels/slack/account-linking) if you want Slack activity attributed to your Cobi user.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Cobi is designed to stay quiet in normal channel conversation. It responds when mentioned, DMed, invoked with `/cobi`, or when you reply inside a Cobi-owned thread.
</Tip>