Slack integration

Approve leave from Slack.

Deckchair brings PTO requests, approvals, who's-off digests, and the /deckchair slash command into the channel your team already lives in.

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Slack is included on every Deckchair plan.

The problem

Leave approvals shouldn't live in your inbox.

Someone asks for time off in a DM. The manager forgets. A week later it's "did you ever sort that?" - and the wallchart is wrong because nobody pressed approve in the actual leave tool.

Or: it's Wednesday and you need to schedule a meeting on Friday. Who's actually around? You scroll three channels of "OOO 🌴" messages and check three calendars and still aren't sure.

Deckchair fixes the loop: requests land in Slack as DMs with Approve and Decline buttons, a daily digest posts who's off to the channel your team reads anyway, and /deckchair next week gives you the answer in two seconds.

What you get in Slack

Four touchpoints, no extra logins.

Approver DMs with one-click decisions.

When a member books leave, the approver gets a DM with the request, a quick view of any overlapping leave in their team, and Approve / Decline buttons. The decision happens in the DM - no link-out, no portal login. The requester is told the moment their leave is decided, cancelled, or amended.

Deckchair App 10:14 AM

Emily Park requested 5 days of annual leave.

Mar 16 - Mar 20, 2026

Reason: family holiday

⚠ 1 overlap in your team: Jordan Lee (Mar 18)

Approve Decline

`/deckchair` slash command.

Ask /deckchair next week, /deckchair tomorrow, or /deckchair 13th to 17th feb. Replies are ephemeral, so only you see them - type the command even in a busy channel without spamming everyone.

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Deckchair App

Off next week (Mar 16 - Mar 22):

• Emily Park - Mon, Tue, Wed
• Jordan Lee - Wed
• Sam Carter - Thu, Fri (half-day Fri)

St Patrick's Day on Mar 17

Daily who's-off digest.

Pick a channel, set a send time, and Deckchair posts a brief summary of who's off that day plus any public holidays you'd like included. Run one company-wide digest, one per department, or both - and the post is suppressed when nobody's off, so no "no one is away today" filler.

# general

Deckchair App 9:00 AM

Today, Wed 18 Mar - who's off

• Emily Park
• Jordan Lee
• Priya Shah

3 of 24 away · public holiday in IE

Optional status & DND sync.

Opt in once and Deckchair sets your Slack status to 🌴 On leave and turns on Do Not Disturb the moment your approved leave begins, then clears both when it ends. Cancellations and amendments update the schedule automatically.

Emily Park

Away

🌴 On leave

Until Fri 20 Mar · cleared automatically

Do Not Disturb on until Fri 20 Mar

How it works

Three steps, then done.

Step 1

Admin installs the bot.

From Deckchair Settings → Integrations, click Add to Slack. Approve the scopes once for the whole workspace.

Step 2

Each member connects.

From Preferences, members click Connect Slack. This is what binds their Slack identity to their Deckchair account so DMs go to the right person.

Step 3

Leave happens in Slack.

Requests, approvals, decisions, cancellations - they all DM the right people. The digest posts on the schedule you set. /deckchair is available immediately.

Slack is additive - it doesn't replace email and push. Members who don't connect their account simply keep getting notifications the way they already do.

Give your team a better way to take leave.

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