Allow slack bots to initiate conversations

Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>

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() {

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),
@@ -649,12 +654,22 @@ func (t *Slack) Start(a *agent.Agent) {
 		slack.OptionAppLevelToken(t.appToken),
 	)
 
-	t.apiClient = api
+	if t.channelID != "" {
-
+		// handle new conversations
-	postMessageParams := slack.PostMessageParameters{
+		a.AddSubscriber(func(ccm openai.ChatCompletionMessage) {
-		LinkNames: 1,
+			_, _, err := api.PostMessage(t.channelID,
-		Markdown:  true,
+				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,