Watched Channels
Channitor will keep an eye on any channel it has been added to and post an actionable message after a period of no activity.
Use the select menu at the top of the Watched Channels
section to add or edit the settings for any channel.
Watched Channels
section to add or edit the settings for any channel.
This will trigger a modal in which you can adjust a channel's expiration threshold.

Below the channel select menu, Channitor shows the most recent channel inspection date, allows you to modify alerting behavior, and gives you the ability to run an ad hoc channel inspection.

Channel expiration notifications can be toggled on or off with the silent mode
setting. Use the button shown above to either 🔇 enable
or 🔊 disable
notifications in expired channels.
Channitor checks channels on a weekly basis, but you can run an inspection at any time by clicking the 🔍 Run extra inspection
button.
The top 50 expired channels sorted by days past the expiration threshold are are shown below these options in a list along with corresponding archive buttons.
Expired channel notifications
When the number of days specified in the expiration threshold for a channel has passed with no activity, a message will be sent to the channel with three options.
Clicking the 💤
Snooze
button will buy you another week of zero activity before a message is sent again.Clicking the 🗄️
Archive
button will archive the channel.Clicking the ⚙️
Modify channel settings
button will trigger the channel settings modal where the expiration threshold can be modified.
Workspace Admin settings
Chanitor function differently depending on the channel archive permission setting in your Slack Workspace's Admin Console.

If any option other than the one shown in the image above is selected, Channitor will not be allowed to archive channels.
If a non-Admin user clicks an 🗄️
Archive
button in the app home or an expiration notification, that user will be prompted you to select a Workspace Admin to notify for assistance.If Workspace Owner or Admin user clicks an 🗄️
Archive
button in the app home or an expiration notification, that user will be informed of the method to archive the channel from the channel's settings menu.
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