Use slash commands#

Available on all plans

Cloud and self-hosted deployments

You can interact with Fangout users, channels, conversations, and more using slash commands.

Slash commands#

The following slash comamnds are available in your Fangout studio.

Invite one person using /invite user1 or /invite @user1.
Invite a custom user group using /invite @usergroup.
Invite 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 a specific channel using /join {channel-name} or /open {channel-name}.
Leave a channel using /leave.
Mute a channel using /mute or /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}.

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 using /away, /offline, /online, or /dnd
Set 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.

Edit the channel header using /header {text} or the channel purpose using /purpose {text}.
Rename a channel using /rename {text}.