Slack Integration

Astrakion integrates with Slack using two dedicated channels. When enabled, Slack acts as the live window into your AI development team.

Slack integration is optional — all updates continue through the web app and GitHub if not connected.

#astrakion-standup

Real-Time Team Activity Feed (Broadcast Only)

Purpose

A continuously updating activity stream showing everything the AI team is doing — similar to watching a remote engineering team work throughout the day.

Who Posts Here

  • Astra — Product Owner
  • Kade — Developer
  • Orion — QA

What Appears Here

  • Issue refinement updates
  • Prioritization decisions
  • Work beginning on new issues
  • PR creation
  • QA review outcomes
  • Workflow transitions (Dev → QA → merge)
  • High-level status changes

Interaction Rules

  • Humans do not reply in this channel
  • Humans never issue commands here
  • This channel is informational only
  • The AI team never expects input in #astrakion-standup

Token-Related Behavior

When token issues occur:

  • #astrakion-standup does NOT show detailed explanations
  • This channel only reflects that work has paused
  • All actionable detail is posted in #astrakion-astra

#astrakion-astra

Product Owner Alerts (Human Action Required)

Purpose

Astra uses this channel to notify you when external LLM issues block Dev + QA. This channel exists solely to surface events that require human intervention.

Who Posts Here

Astra only. Kade and Orion never post alerts here.

What Appears Here

Astra posts alerts for ALL token-related interruptions:

  • OpenAI token exhaustion
  • Claude token exhaustion
  • Rate limits
  • Quota restrictions
  • Billing errors
  • Invalid or expired API keys
  • Authentication failures

Alert Contents

Each alert includes:

  • The exact provider experiencing the failure
  • The affected AI roles
  • Confirmation that Dev + QA are paused
  • Instructions to fix the issue externally
  • Notice that work will resume automatically when recovered

Interaction Rules

  • Humans never reply directly
  • Resolve issues through the OpenAI or Claude dashboard
  • Work resumes automatically once tokens or billing recover

Channel Summary

Channel Purpose Who Posts Interaction
#astrakion-standup Real-time development activity feed Astra, Kade, Orion Read-only
#astrakion-astra Alerts when token issues pause Dev/QA Astra Human resolves externally

Analysis-Only Exception

Analysis-only work:

  • Does not consume Astrakion Tokens
  • Does not trigger Slack alerts
  • Cannot be rate-limited by internal token caps
  • Still depends on OpenAI being available
  • Pauses silently if OpenAI is unavailable

Only code-impacting work (Dev/QA) encounters Slack-visible interruptions.