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Darwinbox Super Agent for Slack

Your HR assistant, right inside Slack

Check leave balances, view payslips, raise helpdesk tickets and keep an eye on your recruiting pipeline in plain language, without leaving Slack. Chat with Super Agent directly, or ask Slackbot to look things up and get things done in Darwinbox for you.

  • Signed in with your own Darwinbox account
  • Your organization's approval workflows still apply
  • Slackbot access is optional and admin-controlled

Responses are generated by AI and may be inaccurate. Read the AI disclaimer

Darwinbox Super Agent in Slack reviewing a sick leave request with the employee, then confirming it was submitted
How it works with Slack

Two ways to reach Darwinbox

Both use your own Darwinbox sign-in, so you only ever see and do what you already can in Darwinbox.

Chat with Super Agent

A dedicated HR assistant in Slack's AI assistant panel. It understands context, suggests prompts and walks you through multi-step tasks.

  1. Open Darwinbox Super Agent from the Apps section in Slack
  2. Sign in to Darwinbox once when prompted
  3. Ask in plain language. The agent shows you the details before it submits anything
Optional ยท MCP

Ask Slackbot

Darwinbox connects to Slackbot through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), so Slackbot can use Darwinbox tools to answer you and act for you.

  1. Your workspace admin approves the optional Slackbot connection (mcp:connect) at install
  2. Ask Slackbot a Darwinbox question and sign in to Darwinbox when prompted
  3. Slackbot calls Darwinbox tools and replies in the same conversation

Signed in as youEach person signs in with OAuth. Access follows your Darwinbox permissions.

Your workflows applyLeave, attendance and helpdesk requests go through your usual approvals.

Every action recordedRequests made from Slack are logged in Darwinbox like any other.

Examples

What you can ask Slackbot

A few things people ask once the Slackbot connection is on. What each person can see and do depends on their access in Darwinbox.

Look things up

Reads from Darwinbox
  • "How's my recruiting pipeline looking?"
    Summarizes your open jobs by department
  • "How many casual leaves do I have left this year?"
    Checks your leave balance
  • "Which holidays are coming up in December?"
    Lists holidays for your location
  • "Get my payslip for September"
    Retrieves your payslip
  • "What's the status of my open helpdesk tickets?"
    Lists tickets you raised

Get things done

Creates requests in Darwinbox
  • "I lost my ID card and need a replacement. Create a helpdesk ticket"
    Creates a helpdesk ticket with the right category
  • "Apply for casual leave on 14 November for a family function"
    Submits a leave request
  • "Mark me as working from home tomorrow"
    Submits a work-from-home request
Requests go through your organization's usual Darwinbox approval workflows, and every action is recorded in Darwinbox.
Slackbot summarizing open job openings by department using data from Darwinbox
Look things upSlackbot pulls your open jobs from Darwinbox and summarizes them by department.
Slackbot creating a helpdesk ticket in Darwinbox for a lost ID card and sharing the ticket details
Get things doneSlackbot raises a helpdesk ticket in Darwinbox and shares the ticket details.
See it in action

A natural conversation, inside Slack

Start a conversation

Open Super Agent in Slack and type your request. It greets you, suggests prompts and is ready to help straight away.

Super Agent in Slack greeting the user with a suggested Apply leave prompt
Features

Built for everyday HR tasks

Everything employees usually open Darwinbox for, available where they already work.

Apply for leave

Request time off in seconds. The agent picks the leave type, dates and approver for you to confirm.

Fetch payslips

Get your latest payslip, or any past month's, as a PDF right in the chat.

Raise helpdesk tickets

Describe the issue in your own words and the agent creates a structured helpdesk ticket.

Fast answers

Responses stream in as they're written, so there's no waiting in a ticket queue for simple questions.

Answers with sources

Policy answers draw on your organization's HR knowledge base, with links to the source.

Feedback loop

Rate responses to help improve the assistant's accuracy for your organization.

Install

How to install

What happens depends on your role in the Slack workspace.

Workspace admin or owner

Installs for everyone in the workspace
  1. Select Add to Slack and choose your workspace
  2. Review the requested permissions
  3. Choose whether to allow the optional Slackbot connection (mcp:connect). Leave it off if you only want people to chat with Super Agent directly
  4. Select Allow. The app is now available to everyone in the workspace
If your workspace requires app approval, approve the app in App management settings after installing.

Member or employee

Installs for you only

If your admin has already installed it

  1. Go to Apps in the Slack sidebar and search for Darwinbox
  2. Open the app and select Connect to link your Darwinbox account

If it isn't installed yet

  1. Select Add to Slack. The app installs for your account only
  2. Admin approval may be needed, depending on your workspace settings
Want it for the whole organization? Ask your Slack workspace admin to install it.

Bring Super Agent to your Slack workspace

You need an active Darwinbox account with the AI Platform enabled for your organization.

Add to Slack
AI disclaimer

Please check important answers

AI-generated responses can be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date

Darwinbox Super Agent uses AI (large language models) to understand your requests and write its responses, both when you chat with it directly and when Slackbot uses Darwinbox tools.

Before you act on important information, such as leave balances, pay details or policy answers, check it in Darwinbox. Review the details of any request before you submit it. Responses are not legal, tax or financial advice.