How to Build a Messaging Bot with Unified (Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord)

Building messaging bots on platforms like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Discord can be challenging due to the need for event-driven, real-time interactions rather than relying on polling methods. Unified's Messaging API provides a solution by enabling developers to create bots that respond to live activities across these platforms without maintaining separate implementations for each provider. The API supports features like threaded replies using a standardized parent_id, and it offers a secure way to handle webhooks through signature verification. By focusing on real-time event subscriptions, such as messaging events and message creation hooks, Unified allows developers to build bots that are aware of platform-specific differences and operate safely at scale. This approach enables use cases like customer support, workflow guidance, and AI assistants by providing a consistent messaging interface that abstracts away the complexities of individual messaging platforms.