Your experts, right in Slack
Chat with your Portable experts in any channel, DM, or thread. They bring their full memory and knowledge wherever you are.
Three ways to talk
Pick whichever feels natural. They all work the same way.
Direct Message
Find Portable Expert under Apps in your sidebar and message it directly. No setup, no prefix — just type.
What's on our roadmap this quarter?Cre8tivor, what's the team working on?@mention in a channel
@mention the bot in any channel it's been invited to. Everyone in the channel sees the expert's response.
@Portable Expert what do you think?@Portable Expert Scout, review this planSlash command
Works everywhere — channels, group DMs, your own DM. No bot invitation needed. The expert's response is visible to everyone.
/portable what's the status?/portable ask Scout give me a summaryChoosing an expert
Address any expert on your account by name. If you don't specify, it goes to the default.
Scout, what do you think about this?Most natural. Works in DMs, @mentions, and slash commands.
Sandwich Executive: how’s it going?Same thing. Comma or colon — your call.
/portable ask Cre8tivor what’s new?Explicit slash command syntax for when you want to be precise.
What’s on the agenda today?No name = goes to whichever expert the workspace has set as default.
Slash commands
Everything you can do with /portable
/portable [message]—Ask the default expert a question/portable ask [Expert Name] [message]—Ask a specific expert by name/portable experts—See all available experts on your account/portable set-expert [name]—Set the default expert for the workspace/portable link—Link your Slack account to Portable for personalized memory/portable help—Quick reference right in SlackGood to know
Invite the bot to channels
For @mentions to work in a channel, invite the bot first: type /invite @Portable Expert, or go to the channel header → Integrations → Add apps. You only need to do this once per channel.
Group DMs? Use /portable
You can't invite the bot to a group DM, but /portable works there just fine. For a group that uses @mentions often, create a private channel instead.
Threads keep context
Reply in a thread and the expert remembers the whole conversation. Start a new thread for a fresh topic.
Memory works everywhere
Your experts carry the same memories in Slack as they do on portable.expert. Conversations in Slack build memory too.
Each expert has their own face
Experts respond with their own avatar and name, so you can tell at a glance who answered. This works in DMs, channels, and slash commands.
Your workspace, your data
The Slack integration connects to your Portable account. Only your team's experts are available.
Add to SlackRequires a Portable account. You’ll be asked to sign in if needed.