diff --git a/apps/docs/examples/slack.mdx b/apps/docs/examples/slack.mdx
index 83ac9453a1e..ceec09a066e 100644
--- a/apps/docs/examples/slack.mdx
+++ b/apps/docs/examples/slack.mdx
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@ new Trigger({
   on: github.events.repoIssueEvent({
     repo: "my-github-org/my-github-repo",
   }),
-
   run: async (event, ctx) => {
     const response = await slack.postMessage("send-to-slack", {
-      channel: "my-slack-channel-name",
+      channelName: "my-slack-channel-name",
       text: `A new issue has been created or modified. ${event.action}`,
     });
 
diff --git a/examples/send-to-slack/src/index.ts b/examples/send-to-slack/src/index.ts
index 9429f9e98ca..62ab9472a59 100644
--- a/examples/send-to-slack/src/index.ts
+++ b/examples/send-to-slack/src/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Trigger, customEvent } from "@trigger.dev/sdk";
 import { slack } from "@trigger.dev/integrations";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
-const trigger = new Trigger({
+new Trigger({
   id: "send-to-slack-on-new-domain",
   name: "Send to Slack on new domain",
   apiKey: "trigger_dev_zC25mKNn6c0q",
@@ -21,17 +21,19 @@ const trigger = new Trigger({
       "Received domain.created event, waiting for 1 minutes..."
     );
 
-    await ctx.waitFor("initial-wait", { seconds: 5 });
-
     const response = await slack.postMessage("send-to-slack", {
-      channel: "test-integrations",
+      channelName: "test-integrations",
       text: `New domain created: ${event.domain} by customer ${event.customerId} cc @Eric #general`,
     });
 
-    await ctx.logger.debug("Debug message");
+    await ctx.waitFor("initial-wait", { seconds: 5 });
+
+    const secondResponse = await slack.postMessage("send-to-slack-channel-id", {
+      channelId: response.channel,
+      text: `Sent using the channelId: ${response.channel}`,
+    });
 
-    return response.message;
+    return {};
   },
-});
+}).listen();
 
-trigger.listen();
diff --git a/packages/internal-cli/src/index.ts b/packages/internal-cli/src/index.ts
index 8b40d7e41c1..6d57ed2678e 100644
--- a/packages/internal-cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/internal-cli/src/index.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ program
       const pizzly_host = options.pizzlyhost ?? "http://localhost:3004";
       const providers = getProviders(true);
 
+      console.log(`Using pizzly host: ${pizzly_host}`);
+
       const client = new SecretsManagerClient({
         region: "us-east-1",
         credentials: fromIni({ profile: options.awsprofile ?? "default" }),
@@ -128,7 +130,10 @@ program
                 provider.authentication.scopes,
                 options.pizzlysecretkey
               );
-              console.log(`Updated config for ${service}`);
+              console.log(
+                `Updated config for ${service} with scopes`,
+                provider.authentication.scopes
+              );
             } else {
               const response = await createConfig(
                 pizzly_host,
@@ -138,7 +143,10 @@ program
                 provider.authentication.scopes,
                 options.pizzlysecretkey
               );
-              console.log(`Created config for ${service}`);
+              console.log(
+                `Created config for ${service} with scopes`,
+                provider.authentication.scopes
+              );
             }
           } catch (error) {
             // For a list of exceptions thrown, see
diff --git a/packages/internal-integrations/src/slack/index.ts b/packages/internal-integrations/src/slack/index.ts
index 6bc91e07583..d6ec78d946b 100644
--- a/packages/internal-integrations/src/slack/index.ts
+++ b/packages/internal-integrations/src/slack/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   AccessInfo,
 } from "../types";
 import { slack } from "@trigger.dev/providers";
-
 import debug from "debug";
 import { getAccessToken } from "../accessInfo";
 import { z } from "zod";
@@ -66,7 +65,9 @@ class SlackRequestIntegration implements RequestIntegration {
     switch (endpoint) {
       case "chat.postMessage": {
         return {
-          title: `Post message to #${params.channel}`,
+          title: `Post message to ${
+            "channelName" in params ? params.channelName : params.channelId
+          }`,
           properties: [
             {
               key: "Text",
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ class SlackRequestIntegration implements RequestIntegration {
     params: any,
     cache?: CacheService
   ): Promise<PerformedRequestResponse> {
-    const parsedParams = slack.schemas.PostMessageBodySchema.parse(params);
+    const parsedParams = slack.schemas.PostMessageOptionsSchema.parse(params);
 
     log("chat.postMessage %O", parsedParams);
 
@@ -97,18 +98,30 @@ class SlackRequestIntegration implements RequestIntegration {
       baseUrl: this.baseUrl,
     });
 
-    const channel = await this.#findChannelId(
-      service,
-      parsedParams.channel,
-      cache
-    );
+    const channelId = await this.#findChannelId(service, params, cache);
+
+    if (!channelId) {
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        isRetryable: false,
+        response: {
+          output: {
+            message: `channelId not found`,
+          },
+          context: {
+            statusCode: 404,
+            headers: {},
+          },
+        },
+      };
+    }
 
-    log("found channelId %s", channel);
+    log("found channelId %s", channelId);
 
     const response = await service.performRequest(this.#postMessageEndpoint, {
       ...parsedParams,
       link_names: 1,
-      channel,
+      channel: channelId,
     });
 
     if (!response.success) {
@@ -118,7 +131,7 @@ class SlackRequestIntegration implements RequestIntegration {
         ok: false,
         isRetryable: this.#isRetryable(response.statusCode),
         response: {
-          output: null,
+          output: {},
           context: {
             statusCode: response.statusCode,
             headers: response.headers,
@@ -130,19 +143,19 @@ class SlackRequestIntegration implements RequestIntegration {
     if (!response.data.ok && response.data.error === "not_in_channel") {
       log(
         "chat.postMessage failed with not_in_channel, attempting to join channel %s",
-        channel
+        channelId
       );
 
       // Attempt to join the channel, and then retry the request
       const joinResponse = await service.performRequest(
         this.#joinChannelEndpoint,
         {
-          channel,
+          channel: channelId,
         }
       );
 
       if (joinResponse.success && joinResponse.data.ok) {
-        log("joined channel %s, retrying postMessage", channel);
+        log("joined channel %s, retrying postMessage", channelId);
 
         return this.#postMessage(accessInfo, params);
       }
@@ -182,14 +195,23 @@ class SlackRequestIntegration implements RequestIntegration {
   // unless the channel is already provided in the format of a channelID (for example: "D8572TUFR" or "C01BQJZLJGZ")
   async #findChannelId(
     service: HttpService,
-    channel: string,
+    params: z.infer<typeof slack.schemas.ChannelNameOrIdSchema>,
     cache?: CacheService
-  ): Promise<string> {
-    if (channel.startsWith("C") || channel.startsWith("D")) {
-      return channel;
+  ): Promise<string | undefined> {
+    if ("channelId" in params) {
+      return params.channelId;
     }
 
-    const cachedChannelId = await cache?.get(channel);
+    if (!("channelName" in params)) {
+      throw new Error("Invalid params, mising channelId and channelName");
+    }
+
+    //if the channelName starts with a #, remove it
+    if (params.channelName.startsWith("#")) {
+      params.channelName = params.channelName.substring(1);
+    }
+
+    const cachedChannelId = await cache?.get(params.channelName);
 
     if (cachedChannelId) {
       return cachedChannelId;
@@ -202,16 +224,17 @@ class SlackRequestIntegration implements RequestIntegration {
     if (response.success && response.data.ok) {
       const { channels } = response.data;
 
-      const channelInfo = channels.find((c: any) => c.name === channel);
+      const channelInfo = channels.find(
+        (c: any) => c.name === params.channelName
+      );
 
       if (channelInfo) {
-        await cache?.set(channel, channelInfo.id, 60 * 60 * 24);
+        await cache?.set(params.channelName, channelInfo.id, 60 * 60 * 24);
+        return channelInfo.id;
       }
-
-      return channelInfo?.id || channel;
     }
 
-    return channel;
+    return undefined;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/internal-integrations/src/types.ts b/packages/internal-integrations/src/types.ts
index 4f6e7c4527a..d5af5c56190 100644
--- a/packages/internal-integrations/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/internal-integrations/src/types.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export interface NormalizedRequest {
 }
 
 export interface NormalizedResponse {
-  output: any;
+  output: NonNullable<any>;
   context: any;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/trigger-integrations/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/trigger-integrations/CHANGELOG.md
index 39ed896ef99..c9b9dc272aa 100644
--- a/packages/trigger-integrations/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/trigger-integrations/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # @trigger.dev/integrations
 
+## 0.1.6
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- ce0d4b9: When posting a message to Slack, you must explicitly specify either channelId or channelName
+- Updated dependencies [ce0d4b9]
+  - @trigger.dev/providers@0.1.4
+  - @trigger.dev/sdk@0.2.3
+
 ## 0.1.5
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/packages/trigger-integrations/package.json b/packages/trigger-integrations/package.json
index 83f5315eb26..9997ae39cfe 100644
--- a/packages/trigger-integrations/package.json
+++ b/packages/trigger-integrations/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@trigger.dev/integrations",
-  "version": "0.1.5",
+  "version": "0.1.6",
   "description": "trigger.dev integrations",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/trigger-integrations/src/integrations/slack/index.ts b/packages/trigger-integrations/src/integrations/slack/index.ts
index 0f458c205cc..af624351bee 100644
--- a/packages/trigger-integrations/src/integrations/slack/index.ts
+++ b/packages/trigger-integrations/src/integrations/slack/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 import { slack } from "@trigger.dev/providers";
 
 export type PostMessageOptions = z.infer<
-  typeof slack.schemas.PostMessageBodySchema
+  typeof slack.schemas.PostMessageOptionsSchema
 >;
 
 export type PostMessageResponse = z.infer<
diff --git a/packages/trigger-providers/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/trigger-providers/CHANGELOG.md
index bd58b50da1a..a61a48b3c3d 100644
--- a/packages/trigger-providers/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/trigger-providers/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # @trigger.dev/providers
 
+## 0.1.4
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- ce0d4b9: When posting a message to Slack, you must explicitly specify either channelId or channelName
+
 ## 0.1.3
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/packages/trigger-providers/package.json b/packages/trigger-providers/package.json
index 6ff903e28fa..8a201255e8f 100644
--- a/packages/trigger-providers/package.json
+++ b/packages/trigger-providers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@trigger.dev/providers",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "description": "trigger.dev API providers with schemas",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/trigger-providers/src/providers/slack/index.ts b/packages/trigger-providers/src/providers/slack/index.ts
index 9d2ea2ec2d7..03461c695a3 100644
--- a/packages/trigger-providers/src/providers/slack/index.ts
+++ b/packages/trigger-providers/src/providers/slack/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,15 @@ export const slack = {
   enabledFor: "all",
   authentication: {
     type: "oauth",
-    scopes: ["channels:read", "channels:join", "chat:write"],
+    scopes: [
+      "channels:read",
+      "channels:join",
+      "channels:manage",
+      "chat:write",
+      "groups:write",
+      "im:write",
+      "mpim:write",
+    ],
   },
   schemas,
 };
diff --git a/packages/trigger-providers/src/providers/slack/schemas.ts b/packages/trigger-providers/src/providers/slack/schemas.ts
index b2d0134fdfa..0a2d2427f0c 100644
--- a/packages/trigger-providers/src/providers/slack/schemas.ts
+++ b/packages/trigger-providers/src/providers/slack/schemas.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ export const PostMessageBodySchema = z.object({
   text: z.string(),
 });
 
+export const ChannelNameOrIdSchema = z.union([
+  z.object({ channelId: z.string() }),
+  z.object({ channelName: z.string() }),
+]);
+
+export const PostMessageOptionsSchema = z
+  .object({
+    text: z.string(),
+  })
+  .and(ChannelNameOrIdSchema);
+
 export const JoinConversationSuccessResponseSchema = z.object({
   ok: z.literal(true),
   channel: z.object({
diff --git a/packages/trigger-sdk/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/trigger-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c535c54967..f8b492d2a1e 100644
--- a/packages/trigger-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/trigger-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # @trigger.dev/sdk
 
+## 0.2.3
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- ce0d4b9: When posting a message to Slack, you must explicitly specify either channelId or channelName
+
 ## 0.2.2
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/packages/trigger-sdk/package.json b/packages/trigger-sdk/package.json
index 57425804775..89adb418730 100644
--- a/packages/trigger-sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/trigger-sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@trigger.dev/sdk",
-  "version": "0.2.2",
+  "version": "0.2.3",
   "description": "trigger.dev Node.JS SDK",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",