# Slack notifications

**URL:** <https://forum.buildkite.community/t/slack-notifications/480>\
**Category:** Features Requests\
**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/slack-notifications/480 "2019-05-09T18:35:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![libsysguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/libsysguy/32/544_2.png) [@libsysguy](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/libsysguy)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/slack-notifications/480/1 "2019-05-09T18:35:56Z")

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It would be really neat if the slack notifications used the new [slack blocks API](https://api.slack.com/block-kit) to overcome some of the width requirements enforced by the old slack webhooks api. I assume any code that generates those messages is part of the proprietary product but in the off chance I’m wrong I’d be happy to help tackle it!

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**Author:** ![anon59671738](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@anon59671738](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/anon59671738)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/slack-notifications/480/2 "2019-05-20T05:35:40Z")

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Hey there @libsysguy — welcome to the Buildkite forum 👋

That’s an awesome suggestion, the new block kit stuff is pretty neat! You’re correct that the notification code is in the closed-source bit of Buildkite, so I can’t make an promises about when we’ll get to look into it, but I’ll definitely be scoping it out!

Cheers,  
Justin