How it works
Install, configure, forget about it.
Dynaro is a Slack-native on-call manager. The team operates the rotation from Slack. Admins handle setup and audit in a separate web dashboard. Here's the full lifecycle.
- 01
Install & create
Install Dynaro from the Slack App Directory. Open the web dashboard, sign in with Slack, and create your first rotation — schedule, timezone, active days, start/end hours, participants. Setup is a single screen and takes about ten minutes.
Dynaro reads the people you add and creates (or reuses) a Slack user group like @oncall-platform. From this point on, that group always points at whoever is currently covering.
- 02
Automatic scheduling
Dynaro assigns shifts on your recurrence (weekly, biweekly, custom). At every handover it posts a Slack message announcing the change and updates the user group membership so @oncall always reaches the right person.
Shifts are generated three months in advance; a background job extends the schedule as you approach the horizon, so the rotation never silently runs out.
- 03
Mention & acknowledge
When someone @mentions your on-call group in a channel where Dynaro is a member, Dynaro logs the mention and waits for an acknowledgment from whoever is covering. Acknowledgments stop the escalation clock.
The first time you set up Dynaro, run /invite @Dynaro in any channel where you plan to page on-call. Dynaro can only detect mentions in channels it's a member of.
- 04
Escalate & protect
If the @mention isn't acknowledged within your timeout, Dynaro walks the escalation chain — DM, channel alert, designated escalation contacts — until somebody responds. Nothing sits silently overnight.
Each rotation has one escalation chain. Free tier supports up to 2 escalation steps, Team up to 5, Pro unlimited.
Two surfaces, each doing what it's best at.
What lives in Slack
- Slash commands: /oncall, /oncall-swap, /oncall-take, /oncall-assign, /oncall-history
- Handover messages at every shift change
- Acknowledgment tracking on @oncall mentions
- Escalation DMs and channel alerts
- Shift-swap approval flow
What lives in the web dashboard
- Creating and editing rotations
- Adding and removing participants
- Configuring escalation chains and timeouts
- Viewing on-call history and audit logs
- Billing, plan changes, integrations (e.g. Google Calendar sync)
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