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How do I look for new replies in a Slack thread and base my action off that"?

  • September 18, 2025
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Hi.

I have the initial work for my Zap built, and I am looking to streamline the follow up sub-zap I created.  My main Zap pulls information from a Google sheet and posts it to a Slack channel, tagging specific users for follow up.  This is working great.  From that zap I call a follow up sub-zap that pings the thread 24 hours after posting with Slack approval asking if the issue is resolved.  If someone click Yes, end of flow.  If they click no, a backup person is tagged.  This works fine, but it’s not ideal.

What I would like is for the follow up sub-zap to look at the Slack message thread and see if there has been a response.  If there is a response, we don’t need to do any follow up.  If there isn’t a response, we would tag a backup contact.  I can’t figure out how to check responses.  I have the Slack thread (Message ts) I’m just not sure on how to query it.  Any ideas?

Best answer by Sparsh from Automation Jinn

Hey ​@Global Tech Imp,

Try Receive Thread Messages action as it can probably look for replies to the messages in Slack.

 

Hope it helps!

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Sparsh from Automation Jinn
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Hey ​@Global Tech Imp,

Try Receive Thread Messages action as it can probably look for replies to the messages in Slack.

 

Hope it helps!