Overview
hive.slack-notifications-setup is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by aden-hive. Its author describes it as: “Set up a Slack notification channel (Sentinel) for a colony by driving the browser — reuse or create the "Hive Sentinel" Slack app from a JSON manifest, install it, capture the bot + app tokens, create/select the chan…”. The project has 11k stars on GitHub and is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/slack-notifications-setup`.
What hive.slack-notifications-setup does
Sentinel pings the user on Slack when a colony stalls and lets them reply from Slack to keep it going. It needs a Slack app with two tokens:
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What’s inside
The SKILL.md for hive.slack-notifications-setup is organised into these sections:
- Before you start — check what already exists
- Step 1 — Create the app from a JSON manifest
- Filling the manifest editor (JSON tab — do this, nothing else)
- Step 2 — Generate the App-Level Token (xapp-…)
- Step 3 — Install to the workspace, get the Bot Token (xoxb-…)
- Step 4 — Store both tokens with sentinelsetup
- Step 5 — Channel: do it with the Slack API, not the UI
- Step 6 — Turn Sentinel on and verify
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Installation
Add hive.slack-notifications-setup to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/slack-notifications-setupReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
Neither the skill nor its repository names a specific agent. It uses the SKILL.md format, which several agents can load — check the repository for any agent-specific requirements.
License
hive.slack-notifications-setup is published under the Apache-2.0 license.
Strengths
- Clear Apache-2.0 license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in aden-hive/hive, an established project with 10,923 GitHub stars
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
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Frequently asked questions
- What does hive.slack-notifications-setup do?
- Set up a Slack notification channel (Sentinel) for a colony by driving the browser — reuse or create the "Hive Sentinel" Slack app from a JSON manifest, install it, capture the bot + app tokens, create/select the channel via the Slack API, and turn Sentinel on so the colony can ping the user on Slack and accept replies. Use when the user asks to "set up Slack notifications", "get pinged on Slack", "connect Slack for alerts", "set up Sentinel on Slack", or clicks the in-app "Set this up with the agent" button on the Slack channel step. Requires hive.browser-automation.
- How do I install hive.slack-notifications-setup?
- Run git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/slack-notifications-setup in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/aden-hive/hive before installing.
- Is hive.slack-notifications-setup free to use?
- Yes. hive.slack-notifications-setup is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Where does hive.slack-notifications-setup come from?
- hive.slack-notifications-setup ships inside aden-hive/hive, a repository that contains 25 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 10,923 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.