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The gap Slack can’t fill

Slack is where your team communicates. But communication isn’t process.

When someone asks “can you approve this?” in Slack, there’s no owner, no deadline, no escalation. If the message gets buried in a busy channel, the work doesn’t happen. Slack can’t track whether a request was completed or who’s responsible.

What Slack handles:

  • Real-time messaging
  • Channel-based conversations
  • File sharing and search
  • Video calls and huddles

What falls through the cracks:

  • Request tracking with ownership and deadlines
  • Approval workflows with audit trails
  • SLA enforcement and automatic escalation
  • Process visibility across the organization
  • Completion tracking and performance metrics

Slack is where teams talk. Tallyfy is where work gets tracked. The integration bridges conversation to action.

Native integration available

What you can do

FeatureDescription
Create taskTurn any Slack message into a tracked Tallyfy task
Launch processStart a Tallyfy workflow from a Slack conversation
Get notificationsReceive Slack alerts when tasks are assigned, completed, or due
Link conversationsConnect Slack messages to Tallyfy tasks for context
Track progressView and update task status from either platform

Installation

  1. Find the Tallyfy app in the Slack App Directory or on the Tallyfy integrations page
  2. Click Add to Slack
  3. Choose your workspace and authorize permissions
  4. Connect your Tallyfy account

Using the integration

Create a task from a message:

  1. Hover over any Slack message
  2. Click the More actions menu (three dots)
  3. Select Create Tallyfy Task
  4. Fill in task details and click Create

Launch a workflow:

  1. Type /tallyfy launch in any channel
  2. Select a template from the menu
  3. Fill out the kick-off form
  4. Click Launch

Check your tasks:

  1. Type /tallyfy tasks in any channel
  2. View your current task list
  3. Click any task to see details or update status

Troubleshooting

If the integration isn’t working:

  • Verify your Tallyfy account has permission to create tasks and launch processes
  • Check that the Tallyfy app is properly authorized in your Slack workspace
  • Ask IT if firewall settings might block notifications
  • Contact Tallyfy support if issues persist

Get started

Install the Tallyfy Slack app to start turning conversations into tracked workflows.

Vendors > Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams handles communication but not structured process execution so Tallyfy fills that gap by turning chat messages into tracked workflows with assigned owners and deadlines and escalation rules and audit trails that prevent requests from getting buried in busy channels.

Vendors > Intercom

Tallyfy bridges the gap between Intercom’s conversational support and the structured multi-team workflows needed to actually resolve customer issues by launching trackable processes with deadlines and ownership when chats require follow-up like bug fixes or feature requests or customer success handoffs.

Vendors > Loom

Tallyfy bridges the gap between Loom’s async video communication and actual execution by turning training videos and feedback recordings into structured workflows with acknowledgment tracking and deadline enforcement and clear task ownership so that nothing falls through the cracks after someone hits “stop recording.”

Vendors > Help Scout

Help Scout excels at personal email-like customer conversations but cannot track the structured multi-step work across teams needed to actually resolve issues so Tallyfy fills that gap by launching accountable workflows and coordinating cross-department tasks triggered from Help Scout conversations via middleware or API.