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feat(slack): add better error messages, reminder to add bot to app #1990

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17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions apps/sim/tools/slack/message_reader.ts
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Expand Up @@ -88,6 +88,23 @@ export const slackMessageReaderTool: ToolConfig<
transformResponse: async (response: Response) => {
const data = await response.json()

if (!data.ok) {
if (data.error === 'not_in_channel') {
throw new Error(
'Bot is not in the channel. Please invite the Sim bot to your Slack channel by typing: /invite @Sim Studio'
)
}
if (data.error === 'channel_not_found') {
throw new Error('Channel not found. Please check the channel ID and try again.')
}
if (data.error === 'missing_scope') {
throw new Error(
'Missing required permissions. Please reconnect your Slack account with the necessary scopes (channels:history, groups:history).'
)
}
throw new Error(data.error || 'Failed to fetch messages from Slack')
}

const messages = (data.messages || []).map((message: any) => ({
// Core properties
type: message.type || 'message',
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