Teams often end up typing long @Alice @Bob @Charlie mentions cluttering the channel. Sometimes, some people get missed or the wrong person gets tagged. This gets worse with rotating or short-lived teams (on-call, releases, incidents). Alias Bot lets you define channel-scoped aliases (e.g. !reviewers, !oncall) so mentions expand to the right people for that channel, without needing to manage org-wide user groups.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
We built Alias Bot because we kept seeing the same thing in Slack:
- Long @mention chains cluttering channels
- Someone always getting missed (or tagged by mistake)
- Temporary teams (on-call, releases, incidents) not fitting cleanly into Slack user groups
Alias Bot lets you create channel-specific mention aliases in seconds:
!reviewers: @alice @bob @charlie
After that, anyone in the channel can just type !reviewers and the right people get mentioned, scoped to that channel.
No org-wide groups. No admin setup. Works great for rotating or short-lived teams.
We’re launching today to get early feedback. Would love to hear:
- Where do @mention chains get painful for you?
- What would make this more useful in your Slack setup?
Happy to answer questions or jump into specifics 🙌
— Sanket
This solves a real pain point. Can you set an alias to dynamically update as team membership changes, or is it static once created?
Slack threads get messy fast with repeated @mentions, especially for rotating teams. Channel-scoped aliases like !on call or !reviewers feel like a simple but huge time-saver and way less error phone.
