Watch a gif of creating a channel, or you can follow the steps below:
Step 1
In your Slack sidebar under Apps, find the Mio Universal Channels Bot.
In a direct message, type and send /mio create.
Step 2
A window will pop up where you can type in your desired channel name—50 characters max, no spaces or capitalization.
Select New Slack Channel. Type in the channel name. Select if you want the channel to be public or private, and select Create.
Step 3
That was easy! You have successfully created a channel.
Copy the link and share it with external contacts who use Microsoft Teams and Webex Teams. Now you can all stay in your preferred chat app, but work together in a universal channel.
Slash commands for the Mio Universal Channels bot
/mio menu
Send /mio menu as a direct message with the Mio Universal Channels bot to quickly pull up:
- Create New Channel
- My Channels
- Help
- Live support channel with the Mio team
/mio help
Send /mio help as a direct message with the Mio Universal Channels bot to quickly pull up useful slash commands.
You can use this within any universal channel in Slack.
What's next?
- Invite external contacts to chat in your universal channel.
- Learn the different commands the bot can do.
- Can I rename a universal channel for other chat apps once its created?
- Ask us a question in the Mio support channel.