When you create an Automation that sends Slack notifications, it’s great to see this URL as a nicely formatted text with a hyperlink. However, Slack has a very specific markdown language.
Here is an example template syntax for Slack:
Flow run {{ flow.name }}/{{ flow_run.name }} entered state `{{ flow_run.state.name }}` at {{ flow_run.state.timestamp }}.
Flow ID: {{ flow_run.flow_id }}
Flow run ID: {{ flow_run.id }}
Flow run URL: <{{ flow_run|ui_url }}|link to the flow run page in the Prefect Cloud UI>
State message: {{ flow_run.state.message }}
You can paste that into the message body in the Automation Action UI:
The message will be rendered as follows in Slack:
