@channel Slack notification in Jenkins post-build action

Question

I am integrating a Slack bot in Jenkins post-build action. I have been able to send notification and create custom messages using the Slack plugin, however I wanted to send a @channel or @bot in the bot message which can be used to urgently notify the team.

Is there any existing way/hack to do this? Unfortunately, using these keywords via the plugin just result in them being rendered as plain text, without any broadcast action.

Answer 1

To mention someone or a channel you can use one of the following syntax:

• <!channel>
• <!group>
• <!here>
• <!everyone>
• <@USERID>
• <#CHANNELID>

See Basic message formatting for more information.