⚠️ This repo has unstable code, DO NOT RELY ON IT. The version available at the Atlassian Marketplace uses a private version of the code, and is stable.

Saving Slack messages#

The Arqivist is a Slack bot which you can summon to create a Confluence page with the contents of a message thread, or a channel.

Requirements#

To run The Arqivist yourself you need

admin access to a Confluence account
admin access to a Slack workspace
a running instance of The Arqivist + a Postgres database (see data model at dbdiagram.io

Installing in Confluence#

If you your own running instance of The Arqivist, you can install it manually in Confluence by going to "Apps" > "Manage apps" in Confluence's top navbar, then clicking "Upload app" and pasting the URL to your descriptor.json file.

Installing in Slack#

WIP

How to use The Arqivist#

After installing The Arqivist in Slack, you can interact with the bot in two ways

/arqive [keyword] slash command is the main point of entry to The Arqivist. It expects no keyword, or one of these:
- no keyword — opens setup modal to select how often to save the channel to Confluence and other remote locations (if available)
- help — show help information with the available keywords, ways of interacting etc.

Use-cases#

Turn ad-hoc questions into citeable and linkeable documentation
Incident management
Compliance
Backup

Hacking locally#

Start a Postgres instance with docker compose up -d postgres
Start a REPL with either:
- make repl rich REPL prompt (requires Practicalli Clojure CLI Config)
- clj -A:dev/env for a basic repl prompt
Start the system with (start) in the Clojure REPL
make lint to check for format and lint issue, make lint-fix to automatically fix them (stage or commit other changes first) - requires node.js locally

Contributors#

Contributing#

If you found a bug, or want to propose new features please open an issue. PRs are also welcome!

License#

MIT

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