InterMIND for Slack: how it works — start a meeting with /intermind, get the recap back in the thread (2026)

A team does not leave Slack in a day. It keeps the channels it has and tries a neighbouring tool on one job. The InterMIND app for Slack is built for that one job: the meeting. Type /intermind in a channel, the join link lands there; when the meeting is over, the recap comes back under the same message. Nobody has to open a second chat to find out what was decided.

The short version: one slash command, five permissions, no reading of your messages, no message sync.

What the command does

Anyone in the channel can open the link. A person without an InterMIND account joins as a guest and the host admits them — the same as with any InterMIND meeting link. In the meeting each participant speaks, hears and reads in the language they think in; that part happens in InterMIND, not in Slack.

Scheduling from Slack does not write to your calendar: the join link and the time are in the channel, the meeting is in InterMIND, and Add to calendar on the meeting page puts it into Google or Microsoft Calendar when you want that.

Where the recap goes

• A meeting started with /intermind gets its recap as a reply in the thread of the message that started it.
• Any other meeting you host goes to the channel you chose with /intermind recaps here — one channel per workspace, per person.
• No channel chosen — nothing is sent to Slack.

The Slack message carries the summary and an Open the recap link. The summary in Slack is written in the recap's language; the link opens the recap in InterMIND, where each reader gets it in their own language. The recap is produced only for a meeting that had speech to summarize — the same rule as for the recap email.

In a private channel or a direct message the app can post only after it is invited (/invite @InterMIND). Until then the join link is still posted, and the recap arrives as a direct message from the app with a note saying why it is not in the channel.

A pasted link becomes a card, and the app has a Home tab

Paste an InterMIND meeting link or a recap link anywhere in Slack and the app replaces it with a card: the title, the host, the scheduled time when there is one, a Join the meeting button. A recap link becomes a card with the title and an Open the recap button — the recap's text reaches Slack only through the thread or the channel you chose. The card shows no more than the meeting's join screen shows to anyone who opens the link.

Click InterMIND under Apps in the Slack sidebar: the Home tab tells you whether your account is connected and where your recaps go, lists the commands, and has a Start a meeting button. The join link comes to you as a direct message, ready to share, and that meeting's recap comes back to the thread of the message.

Installing it, and who the host is

The app is added from InterMIND: Integrations → Slack → Add to Slack, pick the workspace, approve. The person who adds it is connected right away.

Everyone else connects their own account the first time they use the command: Slack shows them — and only them — a Connect your InterMIND account link. It works for 10 minutes and opens a page that names the Slack user, the workspace and the InterMIND account before anything is connected. Accounts are never matched by email address: a meeting started from Slack is hosted by the account its sender connected, and by nobody else's.

That makes the host question simple. The meeting is yours: your plan, your meeting list, your recap. The app is available on every InterMIND plan.

What the app can and cannot see

The app requests five Slack permissions:

It requests no scope for reading messages, files, channel lists or the member list, so it cannot read them. Slack sends the app four things: the command you typed (with the channel it was typed in), a link to intermind.com when one is posted, the notice that someone opened its Home tab, and the notice that the app was removed. When the app is removed from a workspace, InterMIND deletes that workspace's token and every account connection made through it.

A workspace that installed the app before link previews existed keeps working as before; the Slack card in Integrations shows Update permissions there, and the same approval flow adds the two link scopes.

One thing to decide consciously: a recap posted to Slack is stored by Slack, under your Slack workspace's retention and data-location settings — not under InterMIND's. If a meeting's recap should stay inside InterMIND, do not start that meeting from Slack and keep recaps here off.

What it does not do

• It does not sync messages between Slack channels and InterMIND channels, in either direction.
• It does not write to your calendar; a meeting scheduled from Slack is added to Google or Microsoft Calendar from the meeting page, with Add to calendar.
• It is not in the Slack Marketplace yet; it is installed from InterMIND Integrations.
• Moving a workspace's history over is a separate path: the standard Slack export imports as InterMIND channels — see Moving from Slack.

FAQ

How do I start a video meeting from a Slack channel? With the InterMIND app installed, type /intermind in the channel — optionally followed by a title. The app posts a join link there; anyone in the channel can open it, and the person who typed the command is the host.

Can a meeting recap be posted to Slack automatically? Yes. A meeting started with /intermind gets its recap as a reply in the thread of the join message. For all your other meetings, type /intermind recaps here in the channel that should receive them.

Does the InterMIND app read my Slack messages? No. It requests commands, chat:write and chat:write.public — scopes for adding a command and posting messages — plus links:read and links:write, which give it the links to intermind.com that are posted and let it replace them with a card. It requests no scope that reads messages, files or members.

Can I schedule a meeting from Slack? Yes. Start the command with a day and a time: /intermind tomorrow 3pm Weekly sync, /intermind fri 15:00, /intermind 2026-10-01 at 10:30 Planning. The join link and the time are posted in the channel at once, the meeting appears in your upcoming list, and the recap comes back to the same thread. Times are read in the time zone saved with your connection; /intermind timezone Europe/Berlin changes it.

Do my teammates need InterMIND accounts? To start a meeting from Slack — yes, each person connects their own account once, because the meeting is hosted by that account. To join a meeting — no: they can join as guests and the host admits them.

Does it work in private channels and direct messages? The command works everywhere. Posting the recap into a private channel needs the app invited there (/invite @InterMIND); otherwise the recap comes to you as a direct message from the app.

Which InterMIND plan includes the Slack app? Every plan. The meeting itself follows the limits of the host's plan.

How do I remove it?Disconnect in InterMIND Integrations removes your own connection. A workspace admin removes the app in Slack; InterMIND then deletes the workspace's token and all connections made through it.

Try it

• Add InterMIND to Slack — sign in, then Integrations → Slack → Add to Slack.
• Read the Slack app docs — commands, permissions, where the recap goes.
• Try the live demo — what a meeting feels like before you start one from Slack.

Sources: Slack developer docs — commands scope, chat:write scope, chat:write.public scope, links:read scope, links:write scope, slash commands, unfurling links, App Home; InterMIND — Slack. Checked September 2026.