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 "generated": "2026-11-01",
 "id": "simstudioai-sim--add-slack-and-knowledge-to-a-sim-install",
 "repo": "simstudioai/sim",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/simstudioai/sim",
 "repo_slug": "simstudioai-sim",
 "title": "Add Slack and a knowledge base to your Sim install",
 "page_title": "How to add Slack and a knowledge base to your Sim install with Sim",
 "summary": "Switch on optional capabilities one at a time so agents can post to Slack and answer from your documents.",
 "who": "A team lead automating internal questions and notifications.",
 "problem": "Rerunning a full setup for each new integration is slow and risky.",
 "outcome": "A Sim install with Slack integration and knowledge enabled, verified by the config report.",
 "steps": [
  "From your install directory run `npx sim-setup add integration slack`",
  "Enable knowledge bases with `npx sim-setup add knowledge`",
  "Add or change a model provider with `npx sim-setup add llm`",
  "Run `npx sim-setup config` to see configured, missing or invalid capabilities without printing credential values"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "In my simstudioai/sim install, run `npx sim-setup add integration slack` and `npx sim-setup add knowledge`, then `npx sim-setup config`, and summarize what is configured and what is still missing.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code",
  "codex",
  "cursor",
  "gemini-cli"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Keep the install current with `npx sim-setup update`, which pulls and applies the Compose images.",
 "category": "Work and operations",
 "tags": [
  "Work and operations"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "Node.js 20+ and Docker for self-hosting",
  "A Chat API key for the model provider, or local models via Ollama or vLLM",
  "Or the hosted cloud at sim.ai"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "permissions",
   "notice": "A Slack integration lets agent workflows post in your workspace, so scope the bot to the channels it needs."
  }
 ],
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 "score": 0.9,
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