Run Slash Commands

Available on all plans

Cloud and self-hosted deployments

Using a slash command is as easy as composing a message. Instead of message text, you start slash commands with a slash character: /.

For example, if you want to log out of Mattermost using only your keyboard, you can enter /logout in the message text box and select Send.

Because your message starts with a slash /, Mattermost knows it’s a slash command, and performs the action defined for that command.

Create custom slash commands

Interested in creating new custom slash commands for your Mattermost instance? Visit our developer documentation to learn more about creating custom slash commands for your work processes.