How Fellow's Slack Integration Automates Meeting Workflows & Captures Every Conversation (Even Huddles)

You’re in a deep work block, and a colleague pings you with, "Do you have a sec?" You jump into a Slack Huddle, make three critical decisions, and hang up. Five days later, no one remembers exactly what was decided, and there is no record of the conversation.

We call this the "Huddle Black Hole." While Slack is incredible for velocity, it often creates data silos where important context vanishes the moment the call ends.

We built the Fellow + Slack integration and our Botless Recording feature to close this loop. By connecting your meeting workflows with your primary communication platform, and introducing Botless Recording, we ensure that your agendas, notes, action items, and ad-hoc audio conversations flow seamlessly into one system of record.

What is Fellow's Slack integration?

Fellow’s Slack integration is a comprehensive bridge between your communication hub and your meeting records. It goes beyond simple notifications to offer complete bidirectional capture of both text and audio.

The integration consists of two powerful components:

• The Communication Bridge: A two-way sync that pushes agendas and action items between Fellow and Slack channels.

• Botless Recording: A capability that allows you to record audio from Slack Huddles and ad-hoc calls directly from your device, without an awkward bot joining the channel.

How it works (setup & mechanics)

1. Capturing huddles with Fellow's botless recording

• Problem: Bots often can't join Slack Huddles, or they feel too formal for a quick 5-minute sync.

• Solution: You can now capture these conversations using the Fellow Desktop App.

• The mechanics:

  • Start a Huddle in Slack.

  • Open Fellow and select "Record Botless".

  • Fellow captures the system audio directly from your device.

• Result: The audio is transcribed, summarized, and stored securely in Fellow alongside your other meeting notes, with no visible bot participant in the Huddle.

2. Syncing text & tasks

• Setup: Navigate to User Settings → Apps and Integrations and connect Slack.

  • Slack-to-Fellow: Turn any Slack message into a meeting talking point by clicking the three dots on a message and selecting "Add to meeting notes".

  • Fellow-to-Slack: Automate pre-meeting reminders and post-meeting recaps (including AI summaries) to be sent directly to specific Slack channels.

Why users love the Fellow + Slack integration

We analyzed customer feedback to identify why leaders are rapidly adopting this integration.

1. Solving the "huddle black hole"

Ad-hoc syncs are where work happens, but they are rarely documented. Botless recording allows you to capture these "hallway chats" and Huddles without the friction of setting up a formal meeting invite or inviting a bot.

Whether it's a recurring team sync, an ad hoc Slack huddle, or an external customer call, botless can capture the conversation while staying under the same security and compliance framework.

2. Enterprise-grade governance (even for quick chats)

Most "invisible" recorders act like spyware, storing files locally on user devices where IT can't see them. Fellow is different. Even when recording "botlessly," the data is governed by your organization's retention, access, and deletion policies.

IT leaders retain full control with organizational rules and AI privacy controls, while teammates get transparency for internal meetings and discretion when needed externally.

3. Eliminating administrative overhead

Leaders want to end the cycle of manual copy-pasting. By automating the flow of action items from Slack messages into Fellow lists (and back via daily digests), you ensure accountability without the "busy work".

Best practices for implementation

To roll this out effectively, we recommend the following strategy:

• Transparency is key: While Botless Recording is "invisible" to the platform (no bot joins), Fellow provides internal disclosure. Teammates using Fellow will see an indicator that recording is active. Train your team to announce, "I'm going to turn on Fellow to grab notes for us," when starting a Huddle.

• Distinguish Internal vs. External: Use Botless mode for a seamless workflow during external calls or quick internal Huddles. Use the standard Bot for formal client demos where video playback and clear visibility are required.

• Desktop App Requirement: Ensure your team has the Fellow Desktop App installed. Botless recording captures system audio, so it requires the desktop client to function for Slack Huddles.

Turn every "do you have a sec?" into helpful data

You shouldn't have to choose between the speed of a Slack Huddle and the accountability of a formal meeting. With Fellow's Slack integration and Botless Recording, you get the flexibility to work fast and the security to scale safely.

Below are the answers to some frequently asked questions about the Fellow + Slack integration. Got more questions about our integrations? Book a personalized walkthrough.