CHATBOTS

Slack Onboarding Buddy: Day-One Checklist Walkthrough

When a new hire joins the workspace, a Slack bot DMs them an interactive day-one checklist and ticks items off as they react or click, nudging on anything still open by end of day.

CategoryChatbots
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerevent
Steps5
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerNew member joins Slack (team_join)Slack
  • ActionDM the hire the first checklist item as buttonsSlack
  • LogicOn click, advance pointer and mark item done
  • ActionUpdate message in place and reveal next itemSlack
  • OutputEnd-of-day reminder DM for unchecked itemsSlack

What it does

Greets every new Slack member with a personal direct message, then walks them through a structured day-one checklist (set up your profile, read the handbook, install tooling, post an intro). Each item is an interactive button; tapping it marks the task done and reveals the next step, so the new hire always sees exactly one thing to do.

When to use it

Use this when new hires keep losing the welcome email and you want onboarding to live where people already work. Ideal for fully remote or Slack-first teams that want consistent day-one coverage without a manager babysitting the process.

How it works

  1. 1Slack fires a team_join event when the new member is added.
  2. 2The bot opens a DM and posts the first checklist item as an interactive block.
  3. 3When the hire clicks Done, the logic step advances the checklist pointer and updates the message in place with a checkmark.
  4. 4The next item is revealed; the loop repeats until all items are complete.
  5. 5At a set cutoff, any unchecked items trigger a gentle reminder DM listing what is still open.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  2. 2
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  3. 3
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  4. 4
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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