How do I schedule out-of-office with Geekbot?

Either taking a day off or going on vacation, Geekbot has your back covered with a single command :)

Mitch Georgiadis avatar
Written by Mitch Georgiadis
Updated over a week ago

In Slack:

Setting vacation periods in Slack is easy with Geekbot. Just type out of office or OOO in the message field, then hit enter.

Geekbot will ask you when you'll be away, you can confirm the dates, and then the bot will send a message to ensure everything's correct. Spot an error? You can use the Quick edit option to tweak the dates.

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...and there you have it! Your first scheduled vacation in one simple step.

If you need to set a second period, just repeat the process β€” or to edit existing time off, type out of office again, and Geekbot will send you a drop-down with all your saved vacations.

In MS Teams:

Setting vacation periods in MS Teams is easy with Geekbot. Just type out of office or OOO in the message field, then hit enter.

Geekbot will ask you when you'll be away, you can confirm the dates, and then the bot will send a message to ensure everything's correct. Spot an error? Just use the Edit option to tweak the dates.

...and there you have it! Your first scheduled vacation in one simple step.

If you need to set a second period, just repeat the process β€” or to edit existing time off, type out of office again, and Geekbot will send you a drop-down with all your saved vacations.

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