Clockwise for Slack overview

Use Clockwise for Slack to seamlessly integrate your calendar with Slack. Use Clockwise for Slack to let your team know when you’re in a meeting or out of office, avoid distracting messages when you want to focus, and more!

Are you new to Clockwise?  Click here to learn more and install!

Use Clockwise for Slack to:

• Automatically sync your calendar to your Slack status
• Automatically turn on Do not Disturb mode when you’re in a meeting or in Focus Time
• Help you prepare for your day with a daily schedule forecast
• Get updated when Clockwise Autopilot moves a meeting to improve your schedule

Set Up

To set up the Clockwise Slack app, you need to first sign up for the Clockwise Chrome Extension. Once you have signed up for Clockwise, connecting to Slack is easy.  There will be an onboarding tip card in the Clockwise feed the first time you sign up, or you can connect to Slack directly from Settings at any time.  

If you are a part of multiple Slack organizations, Clockwise will only connect to the organization you specify. You can add another Slack account from Settings.

Revisit your Slack settings from inside the chrome extension, or by typing "/cw settings" to the Clockwise bot in Slack.

How it Works

Syncing your calendar to your Slack status

Clockwise let's you select between two levels of syncing:

• Include calendar event titles - if you select this option, Clockwise will sync the full title of your meetings to your Slack status.  If you mark an individual event as "private" we will not sync the title of that event.  However, if your calendar is private to some or all people within your organization, Clockwise will still display the full titles of your events.
• Don't include calendar event titles - No event titles will be displayed.  Only that you are "In a meeting" and the category of that meeting. 

Clockwise automatically syncs your current calendar status to Slack in the form of an emoji with descriptive text.  The different options are below:

• 🗓 - In a "meeting category" Meeting (via Clockwise)  {ex: In an external meeting (via Clockwise)}
• 💡 - Focus Time (via Clockwise)
• ⛔️ - Out of Office (via Clockwise)
• Current phase of the moon 🌔 - Outside of Working Hours (via Clockwise)
• Current phase of the moon 🌔 - Before Working Hours (via Clockwise)
• Blank - no description, shows when you're in fragmented time, in a meeting that Clockwise has categorized as not a true meeting (a hold, travel time, etc) and on weekends.

Clockwise categorizes your time automatically. You can also customize the categorization of an event by clicking on the event and selecting a category from the drop down under the event title.  If you want to change the category of a meeting, you can do that from inside the Clockwise chrome extension.

Daily forecast

The Clockwise Daily Forecast gives you a summary of your day.  Customize the time that you receive it – whether it's the evening in the prior day, or the morning before your day starts – from Settings.

You can turn on autopilot for any of the meetings directly from this Forecast.  Just click on the meeting title, proceed to the web settings and toggle autopilot on.

Automatic do not disturb

Ever get distracted by Slack messages when you're in a meeting? Or when you're really trying to get work done?  Clockwise for Slack will automatically put you into "Do Not Disturb" mode in Slack, so you don't see any Slack notifications during those times.  

You can leave Do Not Disturb mode at any time by clicking on the bell at the top left inside of Slack.

Customize when you would like to enter DND mode from settings inside Slack (/cw settings) or inside the chrome extension.

Autopilot notifications

If any of your meetings are on Autopilot, Slack is an easy way to stay up-to-date about meeting moves. See at a glance which meeting moved, why it moved, and what the benefit was to you and your teammates. 

FAQ

How do I change my status to not show meeting titles?

To hide meeting titles from your status, go to Settings>Slack for sync and adjust the settings from the first dropdown - Auto sync calendar to Slack status: Choose Without event titles

How do I disconnect Slack and Clockwise?

To disconnect Clockwise from Slack, access the Clockwise Settings menu and click on the trash can next to your connected Slack organization name.

What permissions do you request when I set up my Slack account?

Read our article on our Slack app's security to learn more about the specific permissions and why they are needed!

Which of the event categories will show that I am "In a Meeting" using the Slack Status sync?

If your meeting is categorized as any of the below, your Slack status will show that you are in a meeting:

• External attendees
• One-on-one
• Team sync
• Ad-hoc
• Other

For more information, check out our Slack overview video: