WorkastHow to leave a comment on a task in Slack
Comments on a task show up in the task detail in the Workast Dashboard. When you add a comment to a task, any users that are following the task will receive a notification in their Workast channel in Slack.
In Slack, you can leave a comment on a task in three ways:
By using the "View details" button immediately after a task is created.
By using the drop-down message menu after typing the /todo list command in a channel.
By using the "View" button with task notifications in your Workast channel.
Commenting on a task immediately after task creation
Click on the "View details" button underneath the task creation message. A "Task details" window will pop up.
Click on +New comment button, next to comments.
Type your comment in the text box. Click "Send" when you are done to add the comment to the task.
Users following the task will receive a notification in their Workast channel, informing them about the comment.
Commenting on a task after using the /todo list command
Type /todo list to bring up the list of open tasks in the channel.
Click on the ellipses (three dots) next to the task, then select "Add comment".
Type your comment in the text box. Click "Send" when you are done to add the comment to the task.
Commenting using the "Add Comment" button in your Workast channel
When you receive a notification about a task in your Workast channel, there is an "View details" button available for you to get to add a comment.
Click on the "View details" button underneath the task message. A "Task details" window will pop up.
Click on +New comment button, next to comments.
Type your comment in the text box. Click "Send" when you are done to add the comment to the task.
If you want to learn how to tag users in comments in the Workast web app, click here.