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title: Slack Actions
description: >-
  Use Slack actions to manage incidents, on-call, monitors, dashboards,
  workflows, and accounts directly from a Slack workspace with the Datadog app
  installed.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Integrations > Integration Guides > Slack Actions
---

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt).

# Slack Actions

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# Important note for users on the following Datadog sites: us2.ddog-gov.com

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To find out if this integration is available in your organization, see your [Datadog Integrations](https://app.datadoghq.com/integrations) page or ask your organization administrator.

To initiate an exception request to enable this integration for your organization, email [support@ddog-gov.com](mailto:support@ddog-gov.com).
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## Overview{% #overview %}

Slack actions are available in any Slack workspace with the Datadog App installed. Type `/dd` in the workspace to open an action tray listing all available actions. Alternatively, type the full command directly.

## Incidents{% #incidents %}

Use the following commands for incidents navigation. All commands can use `/dd in` as an alias for `/dd incident`. For more details, see [Integrate Slack with Datadog Incident Management](https://docs.datadoghq.com/incident_response/incident_management/setup_and_configuration/integrations/slack.md#slack-commands).

| Command                          | Description                                                                             |
| -------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `/dd in` or `/dd incident`       | Declare an incident.                                                                    |
| `/dd in test`                    | Declare a test incident.                                                                |
| `/dd in update` or `/dd in edit` | Update the incident's title, state, severity, and attributes.                           |
| `/dd in responders`              | Manage the incident's response team.                                                    |
| `/dd in investigate`             | Trigger Bits Investigation.                                                             |
| `/dd in summary`                 | Generate the incident's summary with AI. Not available in Gov and Gov2 regions.         |
| `/dd in notify`                  | Notify @-handles about the incident.                                                    |
| `/dd in list`                    | List open incidents.                                                                    |
| `/dd in private`                 | Archive the current channel, create a private channel, and add all existing responders. |
| `/dd in public`                  | Make the incident and its timeline visible to anyone with incident-read permissions.    |
| `/dd followup`                   | Create a new follow-up.                                                                 |
| `/dd followup list`              | List Incident Follow-ups.                                                               |
| `/dd task`                       | Create an incident task.                                                                |
| `/dd task list`                  | List incident tasks.                                                                    |
| `/dd shortcuts`                  | View Incident Actions.                                                                  |

## On-Call{% #on-call %}

Use the following commands for On-Call. For more details, see [On-Call Pages](https://docs.datadoghq.com/incident_response/on-call/pages.md#through-slack).

| Command        | Description                                |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `/dd page`     | Page an on-call team.                      |
| `/dd shifts`   | See your upcoming on-call shifts.          |
| `/dd override` | Request someone to cover an on-call shift. |

## Monitors{% #monitors %}

Use the following commands for Monitors. For more information on adding Slack to monitors, see [Monitor Notifications](https://docs.datadoghq.com/monitors/notify.md#notification-recipients).

| Command        | Description                                |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `/dd monitors` | List monitors that are currently alerting. |

## Dashboard{% #dashboard %}

Use the following commands for [Dashboards](https://docs.datadoghq.com/dashboards.md).

| Command         | Description                               |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| `/dd dashboard` | Share a dashboard widget to this channel. |

## Workflows{% #workflows %}

Use the following commands for Workflows. For more information on using Slack in Workflows, see [Trigger a workflow](https://docs.datadoghq.com/actions/workflows/trigger.md#slack-triggers).

| Command        | Description                 |
| -------------- | --------------------------- |
| `/dd workflow` | Run an automation workflow. |

## Accounts{% #accounts %}

Use the following commands for [account management](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management.md).

| Command        | Description                          |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| `/dd accounts` | Manage your linked Datadog accounts. |