Recognise great work without leaving Slack.
Sifa is a peer recognition and rewards platform. With the Sifa app for Slack, your team gives each other recognition and points with /sifa, sees every win posted in your channels, celebrates birthdays and work anniversaries, and checks their points. Points are spent on rewards in the Sifa web app.
SifaApp9:41 AM
🎉 Barbara A. just recognized Gideon M. with 25 points!
for going above and beyond on the Q4 launch
🏷️ Values: 🤝 Teamwork, 💡 Innovation
SifaApp8:00 AM
It’s Maya Okafor’s birthday! 🥳
Let’s kindly ensure Maya feels ALL the love. Drop a birthday wish, send some good vibes, and sprinkle a few Sifa points for the celebrant to celebrate in style. 🎁
Direct message · Sifa
🏆 Barbara A. just recognized you with 25 points!
for going above and beyond on the Q4 launch
How Sifa works in Slack.
One admin installs Sifa for the whole Slack workspace. After that, anyone with a Sifa account can recognise teammates from any channel.
Lives in your channels
Recognitions and celebrations are posted to the channels your admin picks, so wins are seen by the whole team.
Uses the accounts you have
Sifa matches each Slack user to their Sifa account by email. Nobody has to link anything by hand.
Two-way with the web app
Recognition given in Slack shows in the Sifa feed, and emoji reactions and replies in Slack sync back to it.
Install Sifa in about two minutes.
- 1
Sign in to Sifa as an admin
Installing links Slack to a Sifa workspace, so the Add to Slack button shows once you're signed in. No account yet? Create one free and you become the admin of a new workspace.
- 2
Click Add to Slack
Use the button on this page, or go to Admin → Integrations → Slack inside Sifa. Both open the same Slack approval screen.
- 3
Approve the install in Slack
Choose your Slack workspace and click Allow. Slack sends you back to Sifa with the integration connected.
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Choose announcement channels
On the Slack integration page in Sifa, pick the channels Sifa posts to. Sifa can join public channels for you; for a private channel, type /invite @Sifa in it.
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Check that emails match
Teammates whose Slack email matches their Sifa email can use /sifa straight away. Anyone recognised in Slack who isn't on Sifa yet is added to your workspace automatically and can claim their account.
The Add to Slack button is waiting behind sign-in
Sifa links your Slack workspace to your Sifa workspace, so we need to know which one is yours. Sign in as a Sifa admin and the Add to Slack button appears right here. New to Sifa? Creating a free account makes you the admin of a new workspace.
Already signed in on another tab? Admins can also install from Admin → Integrations → Slack
Everything you can do with /sifa.
Pick a command to see what you type and what Sifa replies.
Barbara9:41 AM
/sifaOnly visible to you
SifaApp9:41 AM
🚀 Welcome to Sifa!
Recognize teammates, earn rewards, and stay connected with your company values.
When Sifa posts in Slack.
Sifa only posts in the channels your admin chooses, and in direct messages to the people involved.
Recognition posts and DMs
Whenever someone gives recognition, in Slack or in the Sifa web app, Sifa posts it to your announcement channels and DMs each recipient.
Birthdays and work anniversaries
Once a day at 08:00 UTC, Sifa posts a celebration for teammates with a birthday or work anniversary that day.
Monthly kickoff
At the start of each cycle, Sifa announces that everyone's points to give have refreshed.
Pulse check-ins
If your admin schedules a pulse survey, Sifa can DM the question to members who have Slack connected.
Reactions and replies
Sifa doesn't post when you react or reply. It reads reactions and thread replies on its own posts and shows them in the Sifa feed.
Replies only you see
Results of your commands, like "Recognition sent!", your balance or an error, are visible only to you, never the channel.
A note on AI
Some Sifa features use a large language model (LLM) to generate text, such as personalised nudges and the Sifa culture assistant in the web app. AI-generated responses can be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, so please check them before you rely on them or share them. AI never awards points or approves rewards on its own.
What Sifa can access in Slack
These are the permissions Slack shows you at install, and why we need each one.
- Run the /sifa command
commands- Post recognitions and celebrations as Sifa
chat:write, chat:write.customize- Send and read direct messages with the Sifa bot
im:read, im:write, im:history- Respond when someone @mentions Sifa
app_mentions:read- Match Slack users to Sifa accounts by email
users:read, users:read.email, users.profile:read- List and join the channels you choose
channels:read, groups:read, channels:join
Admins can disconnect Slack at any time from Admin → Integrations → Slack. Read our Privacy Policy to see how we handle your data.
Need a hand?
Questions about installing or using Sifa in Slack?