# Issues with pulling in Sub Category Posts w/ Slack Plug-In?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-pulling-in-sub-category-posts-w-slack-plug-in/127528
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 3, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-pulling-in-sub-category-posts-w-slack-plug-in/127528 "2019-09-03T22:20:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Curtis\_Kephart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Curtis_Kephart)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-pulling-in-sub-category-posts-w-slack-plug-in/127528/1 "2019-09-03T22:20:03Z")
Following up on the thread: [Pulling in Sub Category Posts w/ Slack Plug-In?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pulling-in-sub-category-posts-w-slack-plug-in/113899)
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I am unable to pull in sub-category posts with the slack plugin. The [thread above](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pulling-in-sub-category-posts-w-slack-plug-in/113899) suggests that we need to specify all sub-categories specifically in the chat-integration rules. However, I am unable to add sub-categories, and no sub-categories are on the list of available categories to be followed/watched.
### Steps to produce this issue:
I attempt to add the sub-category via commands in the appropriate slack channel:
`/discourse follow subcategory-name`
and
`/discourse follow category:subcategory-name`
Example error text;
> The **`category:sub-category`** category cannot be found. Available categories: {and a list of all top level categories appears, with no sub-categories}
I’m on `discourse v2.4.0.beta2 +143`
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I am curious if others have this issue? If you can’t replicate this issue, I’m curious what commends you’ve successfully used in slack to add a sub-category.
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### Author:  [@dovholuknf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dovholuknf)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-pulling-in-sub-category-posts-w-slack-plug-in/127528/3 "2019-12-19T17:21:52Z")
I hit the same problem immediately. Found this post trying to find a solution to the issue. Posting here to commiserate with you and should anyone else post an answer.
FWIW - I wanted to sub to the toplevel category anyway which also doesn’t work. My setup was simple:
Category: Help
Sub-Category: General Questions
I expected if I sub’ed to “Help” and then made a topic labelled with “General Questions” it would work fine since that topic _also_ gets the “Help” category added but that didn’t work.
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### Author:  [@dovholuknf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dovholuknf)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-pulling-in-sub-category-posts-w-slack-plug-in/127528/4 "2019-12-19T17:27:46Z")
I went back through the steps and noticed the “Category Slug”. I had used “general-questions” and THAT actually worked!
/discourse watch general-questions
Rule created successfully
[Discourse] [12:24 PM]
**Rules for this channel**
(if multiple rules match a post, the topmost rule is executed)
**1)****watch **posts in** help**
**2)****watch **posts in** general-questions**
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-pulling-in-sub-category-posts-w-slack-plug-in/127528/5 "2023-10-12T05:09:47Z")
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2023, 5:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-pulling-in-sub-category-posts-w-slack-plug-in/127528/6 "2023-10-12T05:58:57Z")