From fb20bbe5bf96e239cd854dd6b36e6d6d4f1f654f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:58:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow slack bots to initiate conversations

Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
---
 core/agent/agent.go          | 12 +++++++++++-
 services/connectors/slack.go | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/agent/agent.go b/core/agent/agent.go
index 45c010e..5780bf9 100644
--- a/core/agent/agent.go
+++ b/core/agent/agent.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type Agent struct {
 
 	mcpActions types.Actions
 
+	subscriberMutex        sync.Mutex
 	newMessagesSubscribers []func(openai.ChatCompletionMessage)
 }
 
@@ -118,7 +119,10 @@ func (a *Agent) startNewConversationsConsumer() {
 				return
 
 			case msg := <-a.newConversations:
-				for _, s := range a.newMessagesSubscribers {
+				a.subscriberMutex.Lock()
+				subs := a.newMessagesSubscribers
+				a.subscriberMutex.Unlock()
+				for _, s := range subs {
 					s(msg)
 				}
 			}
@@ -126,6 +130,12 @@ func (a *Agent) startNewConversationsConsumer() {
 	}()
 }
 
+func (a *Agent) AddSubscriber(f func(openai.ChatCompletionMessage)) {
+	a.subscriberMutex.Lock()
+	defer a.subscriberMutex.Unlock()
+	a.newMessagesSubscribers = append(a.newMessagesSubscribers, f)
+}
+
 // StopAction stops the current action
 // if any. Can be called before adding a new job.
 func (a *Agent) StopAction() {
diff --git a/services/connectors/slack.go b/services/connectors/slack.go
index fd0f436..ab6e683 100644
--- a/services/connectors/slack.go
+++ b/services/connectors/slack.go
@@ -642,6 +642,11 @@ func (t *Slack) handleMention(
 }
 
 func (t *Slack) Start(a *agent.Agent) {
+	postMessageParams := slack.PostMessageParameters{
+		LinkNames: 1,
+		Markdown:  true,
+	}
+
 	api := slack.New(
 		t.botToken,
 		//	slack.OptionDebug(true),
@@ -649,13 +654,23 @@ func (t *Slack) Start(a *agent.Agent) {
 		slack.OptionAppLevelToken(t.appToken),
 	)
 
-	t.apiClient = api
-
-	postMessageParams := slack.PostMessageParameters{
-		LinkNames: 1,
-		Markdown:  true,
+	if t.channelID != "" {
+		// handle new conversations
+		a.AddSubscriber(func(ccm openai.ChatCompletionMessage) {
+			_, _, err := api.PostMessage(t.channelID,
+				slack.MsgOptionLinkNames(true),
+				slack.MsgOptionEnableLinkUnfurl(),
+				slack.MsgOptionText(ccm.Content, true),
+				slack.MsgOptionPostMessageParameters(postMessageParams),
+			)
+			if err != nil {
+				xlog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error posting message: %v", err))
+			}
+		})
 	}
 
+	t.apiClient = api
+
 	client := socketmode.New(
 		api,
 		//socketmode.OptionDebug(true),