Start from the Slack integration in GrowSurf

Open your GrowSurf program and connect Slack from the integrations area. This gives you a native channel for participant and reward activity before you add any extra automation.

Choose the Slack channel that will act as the live feed

Use a dedicated leaderboard or referral-ops channel when possible. That makes it easier to keep the event stream readable and avoids mixing leaderboard updates with unrelated team chatter.

Keep the event mix tight

Use GrowSurf's Slack notification settings to post only the referral events that matter for leaderboard movement. In most programs, the best signals are participant activity and reward-related milestones rather than every possible alert.

Add automation only when you need computed rankings

If a simple event feed is enough, stop at the native Slack integration. If you want a true leaderboard bot or scheduled score summary, send the same GrowSurf events into Zapier for a no-code workflow or into webhooks for a custom service.

Keep GrowSurf as the source of truth

Any leaderboard message in Slack should be treated as a presentation layer. Referral counts, participant records, and reward state should still come from GrowSurf when it is time to audit results or resolve disputes.

Test with real program activity

Before you launch the leaderboard publicly, run a small live test with real participant activity and confirm the Slack feed stays in sync with the behavior GrowSurf records.