mernin
Make mornings less meh. Improve your remote team's culture.Mernin is a playful AI image bot for Slack that turns simple “good morning” messages into custom illustrated greetings. Mention @mernin in a channel, and it replies with a fresh image in your selected style.Just type
Mernin Bot replies with a brand-new image and greeting — a quick hit of creativity before the chaos begins.Someone laughs. Someone reacts with :exploding_head:. Congratulations, your team’s awake.You can keep it classic with Morning Mode, or switch on Rhyme Mode for something more offbeat and creative. Want to change things up? Try a new weekly theme like Clay, Pixel, or Watercolor.There’s no setup maze, no dashboard to babysit, no pressure to “optimize your workflow.” Just install it, say the word, and let Mernin do its thing.Why remote teams love it::art: Fresh illustrations every time — no repeats, no stock art:speech_balloon: Easy trigger: type
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@mernin in any channel where Mernin is active, and watch the magic drop. Mernin Bot replies with a brand-new image and greeting — a quick hit of creativity before the chaos begins.Someone laughs. Someone reacts with :exploding_head:. Congratulations, your team’s awake.You can keep it classic with Morning Mode, or switch on Rhyme Mode for something more offbeat and creative. Want to change things up? Try a new weekly theme like Clay, Pixel, or Watercolor.There’s no setup maze, no dashboard to babysit, no pressure to “optimize your workflow.” Just install it, say the word, and let Mernin do its thing.Why remote teams love it::art: Fresh illustrations every time — no repeats, no stock art:speech_balloon: Easy trigger: type
@mernin:rainbow: Optional themes and Rhyme Mode for variety:lock: Privacy-conscious: Mernin doesn’t read channel history or store your messages:zzz: Low maintenance: install it once and let your remote team's morning ritual happenMernin Bot just makes mornings a little less boring — and somehow, that helps everything else.AI note: Mernin Bot uses generative AI to create greetings and illustrations. Outputs may occasionally be inaccurate, unexpected, or not suitable for every audience, so teams should review and use them with their own judgment.:globe_with_meridians: Made byMernin Labs LLC :round_pushpin:Alameda, California
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General
Developer
Mernin Labs, LLC
Company headquarters location
United States
Terms of service
Privacy & data governance
Data retention policy
Mernin Labs retains user and workspace data for up to 12 months.
We have implemented a scheduled database script that will delete all user profile and usage event data older than 12 months from our PostgreSQL database.
For example:
DELETE FROM usage_events WHERE created_at < NOW() - INTERVAL '12 months';
As of now, no user data is older than this retention window, but this process is in place for all future data.
Data archiving and removal policy
Upon app uninstallation, all user and workspace data (including preferences, settings, and usage events) are deleted from our systems within 30 days.
Users may also request data deletion at any time via hey@merninbot.com.
Data storage policy
Mernin Labs stores user preferences, settings, and event metadata in a secure, encrypted cloud database. No Slack message content is stored. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest.
Data center location(s)
United States
Data hosting details
Cloud hosted
Data hosting company
Neon (for PostgreSQL database), Vercel (for web services)
App/service has sub-processors
yes
Guidelines for sub-processors
App/service uses large language models (LLM)
yes
LLM model(s) used
OpenAI GPT-4, DALL-E 3
LLM retention settings
OpenAI API is configured so that prompts and generated content are not retained for training or analysis. Per OpenAI policy, API data is not stored for model training.
LLM data tenancy policy
Mernin Bot sends only the prompt and selected theme or rhyme concept to OpenAI’s API for content generation. No user-identifiable information or Slack message content is sent to OpenAI. Each API request is processed independently and is not pooled with ot
LLM data residency policy
OpenAI processes data in the United States and operates data centers in the US.
Certifications & compliance
Data deletion request procedure
Users can request deletion of your data at any time by contacting hey@merninbot.com.
HIPAA compliant
no
While this app may offer HIPAA compliance, Slack does not have a business associate agreement with any third-party application providers, including those in the Slack Marketplace, so you are responsible for validating the provider's compliance and executing an appropriate agreement before enabling.
Security
Supports Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
no
Has a dedicated security team
no
Contact for security issues
hey@merninbot.com
Has a vulnerability disclosure program
no
Has a bug bounty program
no
Requires third party authorization/connections
yes
Third party services used by this app
Mernin Bot requires a one-time authorization to access your Slack workspace via OAuth 2.0. All additional connections to subprocessors (such as OpenAI for content generation) are handled entirely by Mernin Labs.
Uses token rotation
no