Slack Channels
This is not an exhaustive list of all the Slack channels that we have, however it should give you a basic starting point for which channels to join.
Many of the channels that are not listed below are application-specific and contain both the cross-functional team and error logging for that application.
Alerts
- #engineering-dangerzone-alerts - Automated engineering alerts that by their very nature should be treated as very critical.
- #data-systems-alerts - Alerts and errors raised by the data systems
- #digital-sms-notifications - Alerts and errors raised by the giftaid reminder service
- #giftaid-alerts (private) - Alerts and errors raised by the giftaid service
- #snyk-reports - Dependency issues raise by Snyk
- #webops_alerts (private) - A catch all channel that catches any errors not reported into application specific channels.
Engineering
- Accessibility - Accessibility related discussion
- #code-reviews - A mainly automated channel which lists any outstanding code reviews, however is also a place you can ask for help with code reviews.
- #devs - A channel shared with engineers and stakeholders where general questions can be asked.
- #digital-standup - Conversations around our daily stand-up.
- #engineering (private) - A place for just engineers to discuss workload, approaches and general discussion.
- #frontend - Frontend related discussion
- #qas - QA related discussion
Application-Specific
- #cms-rebuild - Badly named, but anything related to the contentful CMS.
- #cr-donate - Everything related to the online donation platform.
- #cr-site-dev - Anything related to comic relief webiste development.
- #workflow (private) - Discussion regarding the workflow platform.
Campaign Operations
- #otn-aws (private) - Channel shared with AWS to discuss and raises issues related to campaign.
- #otn-braintree (private) - Channel shared with Braintree to discuss and raises issues related to campaign.
- #otn-dashboard (private) - Channel to discuss and handle issues related to campaign dashboard.
- #otn-engineering (private) - Engineering team discussion related to campaign.
- #otn-fonix (private) - Channel shared with Fonix to discuss and raises issues related to campaign
- #otn-omg (private) - Channel shared with OMG to discuss and raises issues related to campaign
- #otn-paypal (private) - Channel shared with Paypal to discuss and raises issues related to campaign
- #otn-rota (private) - A channel to discuss campaign rota for monitoring and support
- #otn-stats (private) - A channel to share any intereting statistics related to campaign
- #otn-stripe (private) - Channel shared with Stripe to discuss and raises issues related to campaign.
- #otn-supporter-care-tech (private) - A shared channel with the supporter care team to discuss issues raised with platforms.
- #otn-technology - General technology related discussion around campaign
- #otn-worldpay (private) - Channel shared with Worldpay to discuss and raises issues related to campaign.
Organisation
- #digitalinnovation - A channel for our directorate to share updates and general discussions that may be of interest to the entire directorate.
- #lunchplan - Where people are going for lunch
- #out-of-office - Where people post if they are on holiday, sick or are working from home.
Providers
- #epsagon-cr - Shared channel with Epsagon to discuss and raise issues with monitoring tooling.
- #pentesting-sage - Shared channel with Sage offensive security team to discuss any pentesting that they have conducted.