# mishk0/slack-bot-api

:rocket: Simple way to control your Slack Bot

Repository: https://github.com/mishk0/slack-bot-api
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/slack-bot-api
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-12-30T23:50:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4113, "days_push": 1342, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1343, forks 169 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:27.057643+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js library that simplifies building Slack bots by wrapping the Slack Web API and Real Time Messaging (RTM) API. It provides promise-based helpers for posting messages, listing channels/groups/users, and listening to Slack events over a websocket.

## Use cases
- build a slack bot in node.js
- post messages to slack channels programmatically
- listen to slack events via websocket
- send direct messages to slack users
- automate slack notifications from a script

## When to choose
- you want a minimal, promise-based wrapper for Slack's API in Node.js
- you need RTM websocket event handling for a Slack bot
- you prefer simple helper methods over the full official SDK

## When to avoid
- you need the newer Slack Events API or Block Kit features
- you want an actively developed library with recent updates
- you're building in a language other than JavaScript/Node.js

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: chatbot, websocket, http-client
- domain: messaging-platforms, chatbots, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: slack, slack-bot, rtm-api, messaging, npm-package, automation, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- mishk0/slack-bot-api (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.057643+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:43:00.920058+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mishk0/slack-bot-api (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.057643+00:00, sha 75f039e6c6f1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.