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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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-# Slash Commands **(FREE)**
+# Slash commands in Mattermost and Slack **(FREE)**
> - [Moved](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/24780) to GitLab Free in 11.9.
-Slash commands in Mattermost and Slack allow you to control GitLab and view GitLab content right inside your chat client, without having to leave it. For Slack, this requires an [integration configuration](../user/project/integrations/slack_slash_commands.md). Type the command as a message in your chat client to activate it.
+If you want to control and view GitLab content while you're
+working in Slack and Mattermost, you can use slash commands.
+Type the command as a message in your chat client to activate it.
+For Slack, this requires an [integration configuration](../user/project/integrations/slack_slash_commands.md).
-Commands are scoped to a project, with a trigger term that is specified during configuration.
+Slash commands are scoped to a project
+and require the trigger command specified during configuration.
-We suggest you use the project name as the trigger term for simplicity and clarity.
+We suggest you use the project name as the trigger command for simplicity and clarity.
-Taking the trigger term as `project-name`, the commands are:
+Assuming `project-name` is the trigger command, the slash commands are:
| Command | Effect |
| ------- | ------ |
-| `/project-name help` | Shows all available slash commands |
-| `/project-name issue new <title> <shift+return> <description>` | Creates a new issue with title `<title>` and description `<description>` |
-| `/project-name issue show <id>` | Shows the issue with ID `<id>` |
-| `/project-name issue close <id>` | Closes the issue with ID `<id>` |
-| `/project-name issue search <query>` | Shows up to 5 issues matching `<query>` |
-| `/project-name issue move <id> to <project>` | Moves issue ID `<id>` to `<project>` |
-| `/project-name issue comment <id> <shift+return> <comment>` | Adds a new comment to an issue with ID `<id>` and comment body `<comment>` |
-| `/project-name deploy <from> to <to>` | Deploy from the `<from>` environment to the `<to>` environment |
-| `/project-name run <job name> <arguments>` | Execute [ChatOps](../ci/chatops/index.md) job `<job name>` on the default branch |
+| `/project-name help` | Shows all available slash commands. |
+| `/project-name issue new <title> <shift+return> <description>` | Creates a new issue with title `<title>` and description `<description>`. |
+| `/project-name issue show <id>` | Shows the issue with ID `<id>`. |
+| `/project-name issue close <id>` | Closes the issue with ID `<id>`. |
+| `/project-name issue search <query>` | Shows up to 5 issues matching `<query>`. |
+| `/project-name issue move <id> to <project>` | Moves the issue with ID `<id>` to `<project>`. |
+| `/project-name issue comment <id> <shift+return> <comment>` | Adds a new comment with comment body `<comment>` to the issue with ID `<id>`. |
+| `/project-name deploy <from> to <to>` | [Deploys](#deploy-command) from the `<from>` environment to the `<to>` environment. |
+| `/project-name run <job name> <arguments>` | Executes the [ChatOps](../ci/chatops/index.md) job `<job name>` on the default branch. |
If you are using the [GitLab Slack application](../user/project/integrations/gitlab_slack_application.md) for
your GitLab.com projects, [add the `gitlab` keyword at the beginning of the command](../user/project/integrations/gitlab_slack_application.md#usage).
## Issue commands
-It's possible to create new issue, display issue details and search up to 5 issues.
+You can create a new issue, display issue details, and search up to 5 issues.
## Deploy command
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ To deploy to an environment, GitLab tries to find a deployment
manual action in the pipeline.
If there's only one action for a given environment, it is triggered.
-If more than one action is defined, GitLab tries to find an action
-which name equals the environment name we want to deploy to.
+If more than one action is defined, GitLab finds an action
+name that equals the environment name to deploy to.
-The command returns an error when no matching action has been found.
+The command returns an error if no matching action is found.