Slack bot-to-bot messaging documentation

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Fix event: A fix was merged to main in PR #69483. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker: The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #70198. That is separate from the fix event.
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These items all concern documenting the SLACK_ALLOW_BOTS / allow_bots configuration option and related bot message handling behavior for Slack. The work spans multiple documentation efforts covering multi-agent and bot-to-bot messaging scenarios.

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#69483 fix(slack): prevent multi-agent reply storms — peer-bot gating, edited mentions, per-channel overrides

merged to main

files: contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], hermes_cli/config.py, plugins/platforms/mattermost/adapter.py, plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py, plugins/platforms/slack/plugin.yaml, tests/conftest.py, tests/gateway/test_mattermost.py, tests/gateway/test_slack.py, tests/gateway/test_slack_ignore_other_user_mentions.py, tests/gateway/test_slack_mention.py, tests/gateway/test_slack_peer_agent_smoke.py, tests/gateway/test_slack_require_mention_channels.py, tests/test_slack_thread_require_mention.py, website/docs/user-guide/messaging/slack.md
#70198 docs(slack): allow_bots, command handling, and wave 1-3 feature documentation

merged to main

files: contributors/emails/[redacted:email], website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md, website/docs/reference/slash-commands.md, website/docs/user-guide/messaging/slack.md

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · stale or abandoned 1 · other 1

#26191 docs(slack): document SLACK_ALLOW_BOTS / allow_bots for bot-to-bot messaging · stale or abandoned
#26302 docs(slack): document bot-to-bot mode · other → #26191, #26184
#62307 docs(slack): document bot message handling · merged via another change → #70198, #69483

Closed issues · 1

Closed#26184Document SLACK_ALLOW_BOTS / allow_bots config for multi-agent Slack threads

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Subsystem: docs
Merged PRs: #69483, #70198
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 3 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 23 Jul 2026

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