---
title: Add a Slack sender
description: Connect your own Slack account so direct messages and channel posts come from you rather than the Pyn Bot.
sidebar:
  order: 2
area: settings
feature: senders
appPath: /settings/general/senders
lastVerified: 2026-10-22
version: "2026-10-16"
audience: admin
related:
  - settings/senders
  - integrations/slack
  - settings/senders/create-an-auth-link
intercom:
  - id: "16755550"
    title: Set Up a Personal Slack Sender (Pyn 2)
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/16755550-set-up-a-personal-slack-sender-pyn-2
    note: replaces
  - id: "11518173"
    title: Set Up a Slack Sender in Pyn (Pyn 2)
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/11518173-set-up-a-slack-sender-in-pyn-pyn-2
    note: replaces
  - id: "16755898"
    title: Set up a Custom Slack Sender/Slack Bot (Pyn 2)
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/16755898-set-up-a-custom-slack-sender-slack-bot-pyn-2
    note: replaces
  - id: "6002198"
    title: Connect your personal Slack account with Pyn (Pyn 1)
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/6002198-connect-your-personal-slack-account-with-pyn-pyn-1
    note: "Pyn 1 article, kept for reference"
  - id: "9585758"
    title: Send Slack messages from a service account (Pyn 1)
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/9585758-send-slack-messages-from-a-service-account-pyn-1
    note: "Pyn 1 article, kept for reference"
---

You want a Slack message to come from you, with your name and avatar, so the recipient can reply to you directly. A Slack sender is your own Slack user, authorised to let Pyn post on your behalf in the Slack workspace that is connected to Pyn.

## Before you start

- The Slack integration is installed and **Active** under **Settings > Integrations**. Until it is, **Add Slack Sender** is disabled.
- You are signed in to Pyn as yourself. Slack senders are authenticated by their user, so each person connects their own.
- If more than one Slack workspace is connected, the menu lists **Add Slack Sender for** each, so you can pick the right one.

![The Add menu on Senders is where every new sender starts.](https://support.pynhq.com/media/settings/senders/settings-senders-add-menu.png)

## Steps

1. In Pyn, open **Settings** in the left navigation, then **Senders** under **General**.

2. Select **Add**, then **Add Slack Sender**.

3. Slack opens. Check the workspace shown in the top right is the one connected to Pyn, review the permissions and select **Allow**. Pyn asks for `channels:read`, `channels:write.invites`, `chat:write`, `groups:read`, `groups:write.invites`, `im:read` and `im:write` on your user.

4. Slack returns you to Pyn. Your Slack name and avatar appear in the Senders list.

5. Open the sender's **...** menu and select **Test Connection**. "Test successfully sent. Check your Slack account for the test message." confirms it.

> **Tip:** You can post to a channel as yourself only if you are a member of it. The Pyn Bot, or a [custom bot](https://support.pynhq.com/integrations/slack/add-a-custom-bot/), has to be invited to a channel before it can post there.

## What you should see

The row shows **Active**, and the sender appears in the **From** list of Slack steps next to **Pyn Bot**. If the row later shows **Requires reauth**, open the sender and select **Reconnect**; the panel explains "This sender will not be able to send as it requires re-authentication. This can happen if a password is changed or credentials are revoked." If the test reports "Slack appears to be configured, but we could not find you as a Slack Member to send the test message.", your Pyn email does not match any Slack member's email in that workspace.

## Related

- [Senders](https://support.pynhq.com/settings/senders/) for the other sender types.
- [Slack](https://support.pynhq.com/integrations/slack/) for installing the integration and the Pyn Bot.
- [Create an auth link](https://support.pynhq.com/settings/senders/create-an-auth-link/) to connect someone without a Pyn login.

## Related Intercom articles

- [Set Up a Personal Slack Sender (Pyn 2)](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/16755550-set-up-a-personal-slack-sender-pyn-2) — replaces
- [Set Up a Slack Sender in Pyn (Pyn 2)](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/11518173-set-up-a-slack-sender-in-pyn-pyn-2) — replaces
- [Set up a Custom Slack Sender/Slack Bot (Pyn 2)](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/16755898-set-up-a-custom-slack-sender-slack-bot-pyn-2) — replaces
- [Connect your personal Slack account with Pyn (Pyn 1)](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/6002198-connect-your-personal-slack-account-with-pyn-pyn-1) — Pyn 1 article, kept for reference
- [Send Slack messages from a service account (Pyn 1)](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/9585758-send-slack-messages-from-a-service-account-pyn-1) — Pyn 1 article, kept for reference