# Slack plugin: automatically subscribe a channel to updates on a topic when link is shared

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-plugin-automatically-subscribe-a-channel-to-updates-on-a-topic-when-link-is-shared/56520>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Janeiro 28, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-plugin-automatically-subscribe-a-channel-to-updates-on-a-topic-when-link-is-shared/56520 "2017-01-28T16:30:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [Fevereiro 2, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-plugin-automatically-subscribe-a-channel-to-updates-on-a-topic-when-link-is-shared/56520/7 "2017-02-02T16:14:46Z")

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I think there may be a middle ground just to get tag support added. The existing slack command works well for the category subscriptions and doesn’t yet require the additional complexity you discuss, I don’t think.

Once we start talking about the idea in the OP for automatic “topic” subscriptions when a link is pasted anywhere in the message, then it will be necessary to do something fancier, though.

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