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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+const { WebClient } = require('@slack/web-api');
+const { Command } = require('commander');
+const program = new Command();
+
+program
+    .arguments('<message>')
+    .description( 'Sends a message to a slack channel.')
+    .option('-d, --debug', 'output extra debugging')
+    .option('-c, --channel <channel_id>', 'send message to slack channel', "dereko")
+    .parse(process.argv);
+
+const options = program.opts();
+if (options.debug) console.log(options);
+
+// An access token (from your Slack app or custom integration - xoxp, xoxb)
+const token = process.env.SLACK_TOKEN;
+
+const web = new WebClient(token);
+const conversationId = options.channel;
+
+(async () => {
+  // See: https://api.slack.com/methods/chat.postMessage
+  const res = await web.chat.postMessage({ channel: conversationId, text: program.args[0] });
+
+  // `res` contains information about the posted message
+  console.log('Message sent: ', res.ts);
+})();