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Connecting Slack keeps your whole team informed about design changes without anyone needing to check Rationale manually. After connecting your workspace and choosing a channel, Rationale posts an audit summary to that channel every time a watched Figma file triggers a re-audit. You sign in once, pick the channel, and the notifications run automatically from that point on.

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What the Slack integration does

Automatic audit summaries

Each time a watched Figma file is saved and Rationale completes a re-audit, it posts a summary to your chosen channel.

Choose your channel

After connecting, you pick the channel where audit results should be posted. You can change the channel at any time from connector settings.

Figma-triggered

Notifications are tied to Figma Watch. Every saved named version in a watched Figma file triggers a fresh audit — and a fresh Slack post.

One workspace, one connection

Sign in once with your Slack workspace. The connection applies to all projects that have Figma Watch enabled.
Slack notifications require Figma Watch to be active on at least one project version. If no Figma file is being watched, no notifications are sent. See Watch for design drift to set up Figma Watch.

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How to connect

1

Open Settings

Click Settings in the left sidebar.
2

Go to Connections

Select Connections from the settings menu.
3

Open the Slack connector

Click the Slack card.
4

Add the connector

Click Add connector. A Slack OAuth window opens.
5

Authorize your workspace

Sign in to Slack and select the workspace where you want audit summaries to be posted. Complete the authorization flow. The window closes automatically once the connection succeeds.
6

Choose a channel

After connecting, the connector settings show a Post to channel dropdown. Select the channel where audit summaries should be posted.

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How to change the channel

If you want to change which channel receives audit summaries, update the channel selection in connector settings.
1

Open Settings

Click Settings in the left sidebar.
2

Go to Connections

Select Connections from the settings menu.
3

Open the Slack connector

Click the Slack card.
4

Select a different channel

Use the Post to channel dropdown to choose a new channel. The change takes effect immediately — the next audit summary is posted to the new channel.
Post to a dedicated channel such as #design-audits so audit summaries don’t get lost in a busy general channel.

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How to disconnect

1

Open Settings

Click Settings in the left sidebar.
2

Go to Connections

Select Connections from the settings menu.
3

Open the Slack connector

Click the Slack card.
4

Disconnect

Click Disconnect.
Disconnecting removes the stored access token and stops all future Slack notifications. No historical messages in Slack are affected.