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Help Wanted: Document flow of adding bot to channel during webhook subscription creation
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Description
Since the App's bot needs to be a member of the channel to create posts, the App needs to use the acting user's token to add the bot during the time of subscription creation
Issue created from a Mattermost message by @mickmister.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked Mattermost message and the existing developer documentation around webhook subscription creation. Document the flow for using the acting user's token to add the App's bot to the channel, including the requirement that the bot be a channel member before it can create posts.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100