Slack administration: Manage workflow usage in Slack Connect conversations

Workflow managers can set access permissions that determine whether external people can use a workflow. Owners and admins can override these permissions to decide the following:

  • Whether external people can use workflows created by members of their workspace or Enterprise Grid organization.
  • If their members can use workflows created by external people.

Note: These permissions don't apply to legacy workflows.


Choose who can run workflows

To decide who can use workflows in Slack Connect, follow the steps below.

Pro and Business+

Enterprise Grid

  1. From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
  2. Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Workspace settings.
  3. Click the Permissions tab.
  4. Next to Workflow usage for Slack Connect, click Expand.
  5. Check or uncheck the boxes, then click Save.
  1. From your desktop, click your organization name in the sidebar.
  2. Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Organization settings.
  3. Click Slack Connect in the left sidebar, then select Settings.
  4. Next to Workflows, click Edit.
  5. Check or uncheck the boxes, then click Save Setting.


Workflow limitations

To protect your organization, external people can never use a workflow that contains the following: 

Additionally, external people can't use a workflow that takes any of these actions in your workspace or org:

Members and guests in your workspace or org can use workflows that contain these steps as long as they’ve been granted access

Who can use this feature?
  • Org Owners/Admins (Enterprise Grid plan) and Workspace Owners (Pro and Business+ plans)
  • Available on paid plans