Get started with Linky, the org chart for Slack

Launching Linky, the BuddiesHR org chart app for Slack, takes two steps: install it in Slack, then pick your people from Slack and set each person's manager. Everything after the install happens in the BuddiesHR web dashboard (dashboard.buddieshr.com).

Step 1: Install Linky in Slack#

Go to the Get started page and click Add to Slack on the Linky card. On the Linky page, Start free in Slack takes you there too. Check that the right workspace is selected at the top right, then click Allow.

The person who installs Linky becomes its first admin. Slack then sends you to the Linky setup in the web dashboard. If Linky is your first BuddiesHR app, you're first asked "How did you find us?", which you can skip.

Step 2: Pick your people from Slack#

The Welcome to Linky window opens. Everyone in your Slack is already listed, so click Pick from Slack.

Profiles start with the usual fields (job title, department, location…), and every field that can come from Slack fills in on its own. You can change them anytime, see customize profile fields and keep profiles in sync with Slack.

Step 3: Set everyone's manager#

The org chart opens with the list of your Slack members on the left. For each person, pick their manager in Select a manager, or click No manager for the people at the top, such as your CEO. See place people on the org chart.

The Set everyone's manager bar at the top of the list shows how many people you've placed so far, for example "12 of 40 people placed". People are never placed automatically: until you give them a manager (or No manager), they stay off the chart.

Your org chart is live#

Your team can now open the chart from Linky's Home tab in Slack and look anyone up with /whois. See open the org chart and look someone up with /whois.

Setup counts as done once at least 30% of your team is on the chart, and Linky then sends you a "Nice work" message in Slack.

Linky starts with a free trial. See plans and free trial.