A tiny CLI tool and taskbar app to change your Slack status when you're on webcam. Useful for stopping people from walking into the room when you're on a work call

Setup

1. Download and install the most recent version of Go.

2. Set up a slack app and install it in your slack workspace

GoAway.app

• Run make install-app and copy your app to your Applications folder

• Start the app, you'll see the app in your task bar

• Select "Preferences" from the dropdown menu and enter your "OAuth Access Token" from the Slack app console. You can also edit your slack emoji and status message here.

CLI go-away

3. Find your "OAuth Access Token" from the Slack app console and set it to an environment variable called SLACK_API_TOKEN

• Run make install-cli to install it to install the CLI tool

$ go-away --help
NAME:
   go-away - ./go-away

USAGE:
   go-away [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

DESCRIPTION:
   update slack with a status when you're on webcam

COMMANDS:
   help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --debug               enable debug logging (default: false)
   --status-text value   text to use for slack status (default: "On webcam")
   --status-emoji value  emoji to use for slack status (default: "🎥")
   --refresh-rate value  number of seconds to refresh webcam status (default: 5)
   --help, -h            show help (default: false)