One of the easiest ways to prevent context switching is increasing awareness by automatically expanding Jira issues when they are mentioned in Slack.
What to know:
You need to invite the bot to your channel to use this feature.
You can configure if the bot responds as a message in the channel or a threaded reply.
New users will be asked to connect their Slack and Jira accounts to view issue details.
Issue expansion in channel
Send a message in Slack that includes one or more Jira issue keys.
Issue expansion in thread
Send a message in Slack that includes one or more Jira issue keys.
Configure message or thread reply type
Type /jira-plus configure
Choose the Response Mode you want to use in this channel.
Global configuration
Go to Settings under Jira Integration+
Select your default response preference
Ticket mention - when users mention Jira issue
Search & Action - when users search for jira issues and run commands with the bot.
Click the Save button.
š Nothing happens when I try this!
Make sure to invite the bot to the channel to use this feature.