# Slack

## Invite Testery App to a Private Slack Channel

In order for Testery to send alerts to a channel, the Testery bot must be invited. There are several ways to do this in Slack, but the easiest is to `@-mention` the Testery app. \
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For example, you can send something like this to the channel,

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When you send a message to `@Testery` and the app isn't invited to the channel yet, you'll get a notice to invite the app's bot to the channel.

![](https://4041872331-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MK0kYmwONk3GqQ8OhVA%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d69a7c420c792045c05d0b550aa1aba5459b8e9e%2Fimage.png?alt=media)

Click **Invite Them**, and now Testery will be able to send alerts to that channel.