diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d7ab617..22bd838 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ The code retrieves Hacker News front page stories, categorizes them, stores them
 
    - `OPENAI_API_KEY`: Your OpenAI API key for chat and embedding models.
    - `JINA_AI_KEY`: Your [Jina AI Reader](https://jina.ai/reader/) key for text extraction.
+   - `SLACK_BOT_TOKEN`: Your Slack bot token for sending messages (optional).
 
 2. Start local Weaviate vector store instance:
 
@@ -22,5 +23,5 @@ The code retrieves Hacker News front page stories, categorizes them, stores them
    uv run python indexing.py
    ```
 
-Adjust the constants in `indexing.py` to change the number of stories to fetch and the categories to use.
+Adjust the constants in `indexing.py` to configure the behavior of the application.
 You can optionally enable MLflow tracing by setting `ENABLE_MLFLOW_TRACING=True` there (make sure to run `mlflow server` first).
diff --git a/indexing.py b/indexing.py
index 4b3dbdb..7929362 100644
--- a/indexing.py
+++ b/indexing.py
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@ import langchain_openai
 import langchain_weaviate
 import langgraph.graph
 
+import slack
 import weaviate
 from hn import HackerNewsClient, Story
 from scrape import JinaScraper
 
 NUM_STORIES = 20
-USER_PREFERENCES = []
-ENABLE_MLFLOW_TRACING = False  # Set to True if you want to use MLflow for tracing
+USER_PREFERENCES = ["Machine Learning", "Linux", "Open-Source"]
+ENABLE_SLACK = False  # Send updates to Slack, need to set SLACK_BOT_TOKEN env var
+ENABLE_MLFLOW_TRACING = False  # Use MLflow (at http://localhost:5000) for tracing
 
 
 llm = langchain.chat_models.init_chat_model(
@@ -100,13 +102,13 @@ def generate(state: State):
     return {"answer": response.content}
 
 
-def run_query(preferences: Iterable[str]):
+def run_query(preferences: Iterable[str]) -> str:
     graph_builder = langgraph.graph.StateGraph(State).add_sequence([retrieve, generate])
     graph_builder.add_edge(langgraph.graph.START, "retrieve")
     graph = graph_builder.compile()
 
     response = graph.invoke(State(preferences=preferences, context=[], answer=""))
-    print(response["answer"])
+    return response["answer"]
 
 
 def get_existing_story_ids() -> set[str]:
@@ -233,7 +235,10 @@ async def main():
         print("No new stories to process")
 
     # 4. Query
-    run_query(USER_PREFERENCES)
+    answer = run_query(USER_PREFERENCES)
+    print(answer)
+    if ENABLE_SLACK:
+        slack.send_message(channel="#ragpull-demo", text=answer)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 42f63a9..afaf88f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ dependencies = [
     "mlflow>=3.1.1",
     "python-dateutil>=2.9.0.post0",
     "readability-lxml>=0.8.4.1",
+    "slack-sdk>=3.35.0",
 ]
diff --git a/slack.py b/slack.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..672bde0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slack.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import logging
+import os
+
+from langchain_core.documents import Document
+from slack_sdk import WebClient
+from slack_sdk.errors import SlackApiError
+
+
+def prepare_message_blocks(stories: list[Document]) -> list:
+    blocks = []
+    for story in stories:
+        block = [
+            {
+                "type": "header",
+                "text": {"type": "plain_text", "text": story.metadata["title"]},
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "context",
+                "elements": [
+                    {
+                        "type": "plain_text",
+                        "text": f"Categories: {', '.join(story.metadata.get('categories', []))}",
+                    },
+                ],
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "context",
+                "elements": [
+                    {
+                        "type": "plain_text",
+                        "text": f"Posted on: {story.metadata['created_at']}",
+                    }
+                ],
+            },
+            {"type": "section", "text": {"type": "mrkdwn", "text": story.page_content}},
+        ]
+
+        blocks.append(block)
+    return blocks
+
+
+def send_message(channel: str, text: str) -> None:
+    client = WebClient(token=os.environ["SLACK_BOT_TOKEN"])
+
+    try:
+        response = client.chat_postMessage(
+            channel=channel,
+            username="HN Ragandy",
+            text=text,
+            unfurl_links=False,
+        )
+        response.validate()
+        logging.info(f"Message sent successfully to channel {channel}")
+    except SlackApiError as e:
+        logging.error(f"Error sending message: {e.response['error']}")
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 6dd108d..e255705 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -875,6 +875,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "mlflow" },
     { name = "python-dateutil" },
     { name = "readability-lxml" },
+    { name = "slack-sdk" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
@@ -888,6 +889,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "mlflow", specifier = ">=3.1.1" },
     { name = "python-dateutil", specifier = ">=2.9.0.post0" },
     { name = "readability-lxml", specifier = ">=0.8.4.1" },
+    { name = "slack-sdk", specifier = ">=3.35.0" },
 ]
 
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@@ -1860,6 +1862,15 @@ wheels = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "slack-sdk"
+version = "3.35.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/32/a5/13077a5696ded22cc955ff6314028b7e6140b1c989b19ca27a6b26590e6e/slack_sdk-3.35.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8183b6cbf26a0c1e2441478cd9c0dc4eef08d60c1394cfdc9a769e309a9b6459", size = 232887, upload-time = "2025-03-17T15:32:51.959Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/32/8e/eed71dc79a187ba32681f12a104786ab89355bc474082211d92e1fba6bcf/slack_sdk-3.35.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:00933d171fbd8a068b321ebb5f89612cc781d3183d8e3447c85499eca9d865be", size = 293272, upload-time = "2025-03-17T15:32:50.294Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "smmap"
 version = "5.0.2"