A tiny CLI tool and taskbar app to change your Slack status when you're on webcam. Useful for stopping people from walking into the room when you're on a work call
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Set up a slack app and install it in your slack workspace
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Run
make install-app
and copy your app to your Applications folder -
Start the app, you'll see the app in your task bar
- Select "Preferences" from the dropdown menu and enter your "OAuth Access Token" from the Slack app console. You can also edit your slack emoji and status message here.
- Find your "OAuth Access Token" from the Slack app console and set it to an environment variable called
SLACK_API_TOKEN
- Run
make install-cli
to install it to install the CLI tool
$ go-away --help
NAME:
go-away - ./go-away
USAGE:
go-away [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
DESCRIPTION:
update slack with a status when you're on webcam
COMMANDS:
help, h Shows a list of commands or help for one command
GLOBAL OPTIONS:
--debug enable debug logging (default: false)
--status-text value text to use for slack status (default: "On webcam")
--status-emoji value emoji to use for slack status (default: "🎥")
--refresh-rate value number of seconds to refresh webcam status (default: 5)
--help, -h show help (default: false)