Connect Slack and message the Buron agent

Connect Slack, and Buron becomes someone you can message right where you already work. Ask a question in a thread and the agent answers back in that same thread, grounded in your real data.

Your reports and dashboards live in the app, but your team lives in Slack. Switching tabs to check a number is friction, and a chart pasted into a channel goes stale the moment you post it. With Slack connected, you reply to Buron like you'd reply to a teammate, and the agent pulls the live answer for you without anyone leaving the conversation.

Before you begin

You'll need:

• A Buron workspace, with admin access to it. Connecting Slack is an admin-only action.
• Permission to install apps in your Slack workspace. You'll approve Buron's install on Slack's consent screen.

That's it. Slack doesn't depend on the pixel or a CRM, so there's nothing to set up first. The data the agent shows you, like charts from Google Ads, comes from whatever you've already connected, but the Slack connection itself stands alone.

Step 1: Connect Slack

Open Settings → Slack. If it's not connected yet, you'll see Workspace connection with a note that Slack isn't connected and a Connect Slack button.

Click Connect Slack. We hand you to Slack to approve Buron's install. On the consent screen, Slack shows what Buron can do: post replies in threads, upload charts, show a working indicator while it thinks, and open direct messages. Approve it, and you'll land back on the settings page with a green Connected badge and a "Slack connected" toast.

If you decline on Slack's screen, you'll see a message that access was declined, and you can try again.

Only an admin can connect. Connecting, reconnecting, and disconnecting Slack are all admin-only. Everyone else on your team can still message the agent once it's connected, as long as they're a member of your Buron workspace.

Step 2: Message the agent

Once you're connected, there are three ways to start a conversation with Buron in Slack:

• Reply in a thread Buron started. When Buron posts something, like a scheduled report, just reply in that thread.
• Direct message the Buron app. Open a DM with the app and send your question.
• Mention the app in a channel. In any channel the app is in, @mention Buron with your question.

Messaging is members-only. Only active members of your Buron workspace can message the agent, matched by their Slack email to a Buron member. Someone who isn't a member (or a service account) can't. If they try, they can request access, and a workspace admin approves it in the app. Once approved, they can message the agent like anyone else.

After you send, Buron shows it's working within a few seconds. In a DM or assistant thread that's a status indicator on the thread, and in a channel it's a 👀 reaction on your message. The agent runs, then posts the answer right back in the same thread.

The working indicator isn't cosmetic. It turns to ✅ only once the answer is actually delivered, or ❌ if something failed, so you never get a false "done."

Why there's a brief pause. Slack needs a near-instant reply to your message, so the real work runs on a durable queue in the background. You see the working indicator, then the answer lands a moment later.

What Buron can do on a Slack reply

When you message the agent in Slack, it's read-only. It can pull and explain your data, but it can't change anything. On a reply it can:

• Query your Google Ads data (read-only) and run your saved dashboards.
• Read your files, skills, and artifact templates.
• Show a chart or a table by citing a dashboard panel or a report. It renders inline in the thread automatically, so the agent points at real data rather than drawing a picture itself.
• Ground every answer in your real data and cite where it came from.

What it won't do is take any action that changes your account. It can't adjust budgets, edit settings, or send things on your behalf. If you ask it to change something, it'll explain what it would do and let you confirm in the app or in a follow-up.

When the answer includes a chart, Buron posts the summary, then uploads the chart image straight into the same thread. The image lives inside your Slack workspace's access control, not at a public link, so it stays private to the people who can see the thread.

Where to see it

• Settings → Slack shows the connection status, your workspace name, and how long ago it was connected.
• Slack itself is where the agent's answers appear, in the thread you messaged in.
• Datasets holds the underlying data behind the charts and tables the agent cites, and Reports is where you build the charts it points at.

Frequently asked questions

Who can message Buron in Slack? Members-only. Only active members of your Buron workspace can message the agent, matched by their Slack email to a Buron member. Non-members and service accounts can't. If someone who isn't a member tries, they can request access, and a workspace admin approves it in the app.

Can the agent change things from Slack? No. On a Slack reply it's read-only. It can pull data, run your dashboards, and answer, but it can't change budgets or settings. It'll tell you what it would do and let you confirm in the app.

Are the charts it sends public? No. Buron uploads charts straight into the Slack thread, so they stay inside your workspace's access control. There's no public link.

How do I know it's working on my reply? You'll see a working indicator within a few seconds, a status in a DM or assistant thread, or a 👀 reaction in a channel. It turns to ✅ once the answer is delivered, or ❌ if something failed.

Buron's Slack connection says it needs reconnecting. That happens if the app was uninstalled or its access was revoked. Open Settings → Slack, open the menu next to the connection, and click Reconnect to approve it again.

Who can connect or disconnect Slack? A workspace admin. Connecting, reconnecting, and disconnecting are all admin-only. Everyone else can still message the bot once it's connected.

Next steps

• See what the agent can do across every surface.
• Set up automations so scheduled reports land in Slack as threads you can reply to.
• Connect more data, like conversion tracking or your CRM, so the agent has more to answer with.