Getting started
Work with Finlay
Finlay is your AI recruiter that lives in Slack. Ask about candidates, roles, hiring actions and candidate introductions.
The web app is where you set up Finlay’s work and inspect detailed candidate evidence.
| Finlay in Slack | The web app |
|---|---|
| Quick questions and decisions in your team’s existing hiring conversation | Setting up jobs, automation and integrations |
| Candidate updates, role guidance and guided hiring actions | Comparing detailed candidate evidence, pre-screen history and manual outreach drafts |
Start a Slack conversation
Section titled “Start a Slack conversation”After you connect Slack, you can DM Finlay to start a conversation. In a shared channel, mention @Finlay when you start a new conversation. Finlay replies in that thread, so continue there to keep the job and candidate context together.
If you join someone else’s thread, mention @Finlay again. In a fresh thread, include the job or candidate name so Finlay can find the right context.
Ask about a role or candidate
Section titled “Ask about a role or candidate”Finlay can retrieve job and candidate information, explain the available role evidence and suggest questions to help assess a candidate. For example:
@Finlay What are the strongest reasons to consider Maya Chen for Senior Product Designer?@Finlay Which requirements should I clarify for the Senior Product Designer role?@Finlay What is waiting on me for Maya Chen?
Finlay can also help improve an existing job brief. Create a new job in the web form, then use Create a job to finish the role and Choose your automation level to decide what Finlay handles.
Ask Finlay to act
Section titled “Ask Finlay to act”Finlay can help update an existing job brief or reject a candidate after you explicitly confirm the action. For the most detailed candidate history, see Review candidates in the web app.
Know which updates reach Slack
Section titled “Know which updates reach Slack”Finlay sends different updates to the people responsible for each step:
| Update | When it is sent | Who receives it |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome message | A hiring manager connects Slack | That hiring manager, as a direct message with a link to create a job |
| Candidate introduction | After assessment, when Finlay brings a candidate to you for review | The relevant hiring manager; a shared channel can mention them, while some details remain in the web app |
For candidate introductions, Finlay uses the job’s Job notification channel first, then the workspace channel, then Finlay app DM. Changing a channel affects future messages; earlier posts stay in their original channel.
Finlay joins a public channel when you choose it. For a private channel, add Finlay to the channel before selecting it. If a channel is unavailable, choose an accessible channel or Finlay app DM, or reconnect Slack. See Connect Slack for the setup steps.