Integrations / Slack
Ask Vista for Slack
Run your social media from Slack. Mention @Vista in any channel to draft and schedule posts, pull performance numbers, or check what's waiting for approval, and Vista takes care of it in the thread.
Requires a Vista Social account on a plan with Premium Integrations. Start a free trial or see plans.
@Vista how did our Instagram posts do last week?
Last week your 6 Instagram posts reached 48.2K accounts, up 22% on the week before. Engagement rate was 4.1%.
Want me to draft two more Reels in that style for next week?
How to install
Up and running in five steps.
Already a customer? You can also connect from Vista Social: Settings > Integrations > Slack > Connect.
01
Add to Slack
Click the Add to Slack button on this page to start the install.
02
Sign in
Log in to Vista Social. No account yet? Start a free trial first.
03
Allow access
Slack opens. Pick your workspace and click Allow.
04
Check the connection
Back in Vista Social, the Slack card shows Connected.
05
Invite Vista
Run
/invite @Vistain a channel, then mention @Vista with a question.
What you can do
Your Vista Social account, one mention away.
01
Ask in the thread.
Type "@Vista how did our Instagram posts do last week?" in any channel Vista is in. Vista reacts so you know it’s on it, then answers in the same thread, so the channel stays clean.
@Vista which LinkedIn post got the most comments this month?
11 replyLast reply today at 2:03 PMSaw that thread, adding the 4-day week post to Friday's client recap.
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Keep the conversation going.
While it’s just you and Vista in a thread, reply without mentioning it again. Prefer to ask in private? Message Vista directly.
"Why we moved our support team to a 4-day week" got 214 comments, nearly 3x your monthly average. Most were questions about how you staffed Fridays.
Nice. Draft a follow-up post that answers the Friday question.
Here's a draft: "A lot of you asked who answers tickets on Fridays. Short answer: we rotate..." Want it scheduled for Thursday at 9 AM?
03
Plan and schedule.
Have Vista draft a post and put it on the calendar, or check what’s scheduled for next week. It works from your real Vista Social calendar and profiles.
@Vista what's scheduled for next week?
You have 7 posts scheduled for Nov 9 to 15:
Saturday and Sunday are empty. Want me to draft something for the weekend?
04
Set it up per channel.
Admins can give each channel its own instructions, profile group, skill, and knowledge base, or turn Vista off in a channel.
Who can use it
Same people, same access as in Vista Social.
Vista works for people whose Slack email matches a Vista Social user, with that person's own Vista Social access. Admins can link anyone else by hand under Manage users.
Anyone in the account can connect the workspace. Only account admins can manage or disconnect it.
Privacy and security
Vista only reads messages that mention it, or replies in a thread where it is already talking with you.
Answers are generated with an AI model (Anthropic Claude) using your Vista Social data, and your data is never used to train models. Disconnecting removes the workspace and its settings.
FAQ
Common questions
It’s part of the Premium Integrations add-on.
No. Only messages that mention @Vista, and replies in a thread where Vista is already talking with you.
Yes, in Settings > Integrations > Slack > Manage channels.
Not necessarily. Vista matches the email on each person’s Slack profile to their Vista Social user and answers with that person’s own access. Two teammates can ask the same question in the same channel and get different answers if they can see different profiles. People without a Vista Social user on your account get a reply explaining why Vista can’t help.
Yes. Invite Vista to a private channel with /invite @Vista, and only that channel’s members see its answers. You can also message Vista directly. In a DM you only need to mention @Vista the first time.
Yes. In Manage channels, point a channel at a client’s profile group and knowledge base. Then “how did we do last week?” means that client, without anyone naming them.
Yes. Attach a spreadsheet, brief, or PDF to the message where you mention @Vista and say what you need. Vista reads the file before it answers, and can save things like post ideas to Vista Social.
Yes, from your account’s AI credits, the same as Ask Vista in Vista Social. Conversations started in Slack also show up in your Ask Vista chat list, marked with a Slack icon, so you can pick them up there.
Turn your Slack into your social media command center.
Add Vista to your Slack workspace, invite it to a channel, and send your first request.
Requires a Vista Social account on a plan with Premium Integrations. Start a free trial or see plans.