Interact with channels
Available on all plans
Cloud and self-hosted deployments
You can interact with Mattermost users, channels, conversations, and more using built-in slash commands, or interact with the data model programmatically using API endpoints.
Slash commands
The following built-in slash comamnds are available in your Mattermost workspace.
Tip
Looking for more slash commands? See the custom slash commands developer documentation for details on creating custom commands.
Invite people
Invite one person using
/invite user1or/invite @user1Invite multiple people using
/invite @user1 @user2.Invite one person to a specific channel using
/invite @user1 ~channel1, or/invite @user1 channel1.Invite multiple people to multiple channels using
/invite @user1 @user2 ~channel1 ~channel2.Invite people by email using
/invite_people {name@domain.com, ...}.
Join, leave, or mute channels
Join a specific channel using
/join {channel-name}or/open {channel-name}.Leave a channel using
/leave.Mute a channel using
/muteor/mute {channel-name}to turn off desktop, email, and push notifications for the current or specified channel.Remove someone from a channel using
/kick {@username}or/remove {@username}.
Manage conversations
Send a direct message to someone using
/msg {@username} {message}, or send a group message to multiple people using/groupmsg {@username1, @username2, @username3,...} {message}.Display text as a code block using
/code {text}.Automatically collapse image previews using
/collapse, and automatially expand them using/expand.Echo text back to yourself using
/echo {message} {delay in seconds}or/me {message}.Respond with a shrug using
/shrug {message}.Search message text using
search {text}.
Set your availability and status
Set your availability using
/away,/offline,/online, or/dndSet a custom status using
/status {emoji_name} {descriptive status_message}, such as/status sick Feeling unwell and taking time off to recover. Clear your current status using/status clear.
