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.

Channitor can only watch public channels.

Use the select menu at the top of the 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.

Expiration messages are delivered during the day per the most common timezone of channel members.

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.