🤖 First Step in Building SlackyBOT

Today I started building my own Slack bot and learned how Slack apps and slash commands work.

After setting up Slack Bolt and reading through the documentation, I got my first commands working:

/hbsc-ping
/hbsc-help
/hbsc-joke

The joke command fetches jokes from an external API and sends them directly to Slack.

✅ What I Built

• Created the Slack app
• Set up Slack Bolt
• Added slash command handling
• Implemented a ping command
• Implemented a help command
• Implemented a joke command using an external API

🛠 What I Learned

• How Slack slash commands work
• How to process user commands in the backend
• Slack Bolt fundamentals
• Making API requests from a Slack bot

🎯 Next Steps

• Add calculator commands
• Integrate Gemini AI
• Add weather commands
• Deploy the bot for testing

A small step, but SlackyBOT is finally taking shape. 🚀