https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/17/slack-acquires-missions-to-help-users-automate-work-tasks-inside-chat/

As Slack continues to grow its paid business users, the company is looking for ways to help customers build integrations that make sense for the work they do.

Slack announced today that it has acquired Robots and Pencils’ Missions, an app that allows Slack users to build tools to automate simple routines without code. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.