Setting Up SlashClock
Nothing here requires a policy document. Here's every screen you'll actually see, from install to your team's first clock-in.
① Add SlashClock to your Slack workspace
You'll need admin permissions on the workspace you're installing it into.
SlashClock asks for the minimum needed to post as the bot and read basic member info — nothing more.
② Review the permissions and click Allow
Slack shows you exactly what it's requesting access to before you approve anything.
Once you click Allow, SlashClock is installed in your workspace.
③ Sign in with the Slack account you just used
There's no separate SlashClock password to create.
You log in with the same Slack account, and you're taken straight to your dashboard.
④ Pick who needs to clock in
From "Invite members" in the dashboard, select people from your Slack workspace.
As soon as someone's added, they can start using the slash commands — there's no separate invite step on their end.
⑤ /clock-in and /clock-out — that's the whole interface
Type either command in any channel where the bot's present, or straight into its DM.
Slack's own autocomplete will show you both as soon as you type "/".
⑥ Check the dashboard whenever you need the numbers
Clock-in time, clock-out time, and hours worked are all calculated the moment someone clocks out.
Daily and monthly totals are both there — nothing to export or tally yourself.
⑦ Mistakes get fixed from the dashboard, not a re-do in Slack
Forgot to clock out, or clocked in twice by accident? An admin corrects the entry directly on the dashboard.
Every edit — before and after — stays in the history, so nothing gets silently changed.
⑧ What admin accounts can do
Anyone with admin permissions has access to the following, all from the dashboard.
- Add members, or deactivate the ones who've left
- Pull up any individual member's full attendance history
- Correct clock-in and clock-out entries
- See and resolve flagged errors before they pile up
⑨ What happens when something looks wrong
A missed clock-out or an out-of-order timestamp shows up directly on the dashboard as soon as it's detected.
You don't have to go looking for it — it's flagged for you, ready to fix.