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App Center Slack App

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Important

Visual Studio App Center is scheduled for retirement on March 31, 2025. While you can continue to use Visual Studio App Center until it is fully retired, there are several recommended alternatives that you may consider migrating to.

Learn more about support timelines and alternatives.

Important

We will retire App Center Slack App in the near future. Consider migrating off from Slack integration, and access App Center's services to your desired channel via App Center Webhook to optimize app development. Feel free to contact our support for any question.

Overview

App Center Slack App empowers users to interact with App Center directly from Slack.

Our aim is to enable users to quickly access App Center services and respond to critical app data in Slack, and distribute to Slack workspaces and messages. Users can easily trigger a build, view an app's analytics and crashes, and invite new testers to an app. This is done via slash commands in Slack.

Getting Started

  1. Navigate to App Center's Slack App, and install and authorize the app.

  2. Navigate to your Slack workspace and select any direct message or channel.

  3. In the message tab, run the Slash command /appcenter.

  4. Authorize App Center's Slack App by following the instructions below:

    1. Go to https://appcenter.ms/settings/apitokens and create a new Full Access API token.

    2. Go back to Slack and run /appcenter login <your token>.

    3. Welcome! You've successfully authorized your app.

  5. You may run /appcenter help to see a complete list of App Center commands. Below is the list of commands supported by App Center Slack App:

    Command Description
    /appcenter login <token> One time setup to get access to App Center via Slack
    /appcenter logout Clean up authorization info
    /appcenter build <app> <branch> Trigger a new build of an app
    /appcenter analytics <app> View analytics information
    /appcenter invite <app> <distribution group> <email separated by commas> Invite a new tester to an app
    /appcenter crashes <app> crashes information
    /appcenter help View list of App Center commands

  6. You can pin a specific App Center app to the Slack channel or message. Run the slash command /appcenter and click on set current app to choose the default app. To remove the default app, run the slash command /appcenter and click on clear current app.

FAQ

What should I do when I receive an error message Looks like there is an error with your request after running /appcenter [command]?

This is because the API token used has been deleted. To resolve this,

  1. Go to https://appcenter.ms and create a new Full Access API token. Copy this API token.
  2. Navigate to your Slack workspace and select any direct message or channel.
  3. In the message tab, run /appcenter logout.
  4. In the message tab, run /appcenter login <your token>.