slackbuzz send

slackbuzz send

Send a message (shortcut for ‘message send’)

Synopsis

Post a message to a Slack channel, DM, or thread.

The first argument accepts a #channel-name, channel ID, @username, or user ID. To send a DM, use a username, @username, or user ID as the channel argument. If text is omitted, reads from stdin (for piping).

Formatting: Standard Markdown (bold, # headers, links) is automatically converted to Slack mrkdwn (bold, etc). Use —raw to disable auto-conversion and send text as-is.

Use —blocks to send via Block Kit for richer formatting (sections with mrkdwn rendering). Long messages are automatically split into multiple blocks (Slack’s 3000-char limit per block).

slackbuzz send <channel|user> [text] [flags]

Examples

  # Send a message to a channel
  slackbuzz message send #general "Hello, world!"

  # Send a DM by @username
  slackbuzz message send @sarah "Quick question about the API"

  # Send with Slack mrkdwn formatting (auto-converted from Markdown)
  slackbuzz message send #releases "## 🚀 v5.4.0\n- **New feature**: offline images"

  # Send via Block Kit for richer rendering
  slackbuzz message send #releases --blocks "## Release Notes\n- *Feature*: offline images"

  # Send raw text without Markdown→mrkdwn conversion
  slackbuzz message send #dev --raw "**this stays as double asterisks**"

  # Send to a thread
  slackbuzz message send #general "Reply here" --thread-ts 1234567890.123456

  # Pipe content
  echo "Build passed" | slackbuzz message send #deploys

  # Pipe from a command
  git log --oneline -5 | slackbuzz message send #dev-logs

Options

      --as-bot             Send as the bot instead of your user account
      --blocks             Send via Block Kit sections (richer mrkdwn rendering)
  -h, --help               help for send
      --jq string          Filter JSON output using a jq expression
      --json               Output JSON
      --raw                Disable Markdown→mrkdwn auto-conversion
      --template string    Format JSON output using a Go template
      --thread-ts string   Thread timestamp to reply to

SEE ALSO

• slackbuzz - Slack CLI - message, search, and manage channels from the command line