> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.paradime.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Customize the DinoAI Slack agent

> Bind your own agent YAML to the DinoAI Slack bot with dinoai-slack-bot.yml, and talk to it in channels, direct messages, or from the app.

*July 22, 2026*

The **@Paradime** Slack bot is now fully customizable. Commit an agent definition named `.dinoai/agents/dinoai-slack-bot.yml` to your repo and the Slack bot takes on its role, goal, backstory, and tool restrictions; without the file it falls back to the general-purpose assistant.

More ways to talk to it, too:

* **Direct messages**: DM the bot directly, no channel mention needed.
* **From the app**: start a Slack session from the Paradime app's Messages tab.
* **Channels**, as before: mention @Paradime, and replies inside an agent thread resume the same session with full context.

You can also give **any** agent a Slack presence, so runs triggered from the API or a Bolt schedule post progress and results into a channel of your choice. See [Customize the Slack Agent](/products/dino-ai/slack-agent/customize-agent).


## Related topics

- [Customize the Slack Agent](/products/dino-ai/slack-agent/customize-agent.md)
- [DinoAI Programmable Agents](/developers/python-sdk/modules/dinoai-programmable-agents.md)
- [DinoAI Programmable Agents API](/developers/graphql-api/api-reference/dinoai-programmable-agents-api.md)
- [Getting started with the DinoAI background agent](/guides/paradime-101/getting-started-with-the-dinoai-background-agent/index.md)
- [DinoAI Bolt Pipeline Agent Self-Healing](/products/dino-ai/bolt-pipeline-agent/self-healing.md)