Devlog #1 - First Working Version of My Slack Bot

I finally got the first version of my Slack bot working.

This week I implemented four slash commands: a help menu, a latency check, a random cat fact command, and a random joke command. I also integrated external APIs and added basic error handling to prevent failures when an API is unavailable.

The biggest challenge was understanding Slack’s command flow. I spent quite a while debugging commands before realizing they need to be acknowledged almost immediately before performing other operations.

Along the way, I became more comfortable working with async/await, Axios, and Slack Bolt.

Next, I want to improve message formatting, add logging, write tests, and deploy the bot so it can run 24/7.