diff --git a/docs/examples/data_connectors/SlackDemo.ipynb b/docs/examples/data_connectors/SlackDemo.ipynb
index 88cca29894f33e9d23788787b82d8797e06b1a00..0f05debf3e9aa0a2194169b2d5149f40ff84afe0 100644
--- a/docs/examples/data_connectors/SlackDemo.ipynb
+++ b/docs/examples/data_connectors/SlackDemo.ipynb
@@ -15,7 +15,36 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
     "# Slack Reader\n",
-    "Demonstrates our Slack data connector"
+    "Demonstrates our Slack data connector\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Requires a Slack Bot. \n",
+    "Here's a manafest that can be used to create the bot in your slack workspace\n",
+    "\n",
+    "```yml\n",
+    "_metadata:\n",
+    "  major_version: 1\n",
+    "  minor_version: 1\n",
+    "display_information:\n",
+    "  name: Slack Reader Bot\n",
+    "  description: This bot will index channels for purposes of AI queries\n",
+    "features:\n",
+    "  bot_user:\n",
+    "    display_name: Slack Reader Bot\n",
+    "    always_online: true\n",
+    "oauth_config:\n",
+    "  scopes:\n",
+    "    bot:\n",
+    "      - channels:history\n",
+    "      - channels:read\n",
+    "      - groups:history\n",
+    "      - groups:read\n",
+    "      - im:history\n",
+    "      - im:read\n",
+    "settings:\n",
+    "  org_deploy_enabled: false\n",
+    "  socket_mode_enabled: false\n",
+    "  token_rotation_enabled: false\n",
+    "```"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -34,7 +63,13 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "!pip install llama-index"
+    "# venv required because conflicts with default Colab libraries\n",
+    "! apt install python3.10-venv\n",
+    "! python -m venv env\n",
+    "! source env/bin/activate\n",
+    "! pip install llama-index\n",
+    "! pip install slack-sdk\n",
+    "# and restart notebook."
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -46,9 +81,16 @@
    "source": [
     "import logging\n",
     "import sys\n",
+    "import os\n",
     "\n",
     "logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=logging.INFO)\n",
-    "logging.getLogger().addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stdout))"
+    "logging.getLogger().addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stdout))\n",
+    "\n",
+    "os.environ[\"SLACK_BOT_TOKEN\"] = \"xoxb-\"\n",
+    "\n",
+    "import openai\n",
+    "\n",
+    "openai.api_key = \"sk-\"  # OpenAI API key"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -58,9 +100,9 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "from llama_index import SummaryIndex, SlackReader\n",
-    "from IPython.display import Markdown, display\n",
-    "import os"
+    "from llama_index import SummaryIndex\n",
+    "from llama_index.readers.slack import SlackReader\n",
+    "from IPython.display import Markdown, display"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -71,7 +113,9 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "slack_token = os.getenv(\"SLACK_BOT_TOKEN\")\n",
-    "channel_ids = [\"<channel_id>\"]\n",
+    "channel_ids = [\n",
+    "    \"<channel_id>\"\n",
+    "]  # Find this in the URL of the channel; Right-click : Copy : Copy Link\n",
     "documents = SlackReader(slack_token=slack_token).load_data(\n",
     "    channel_ids=channel_ids\n",
     ")"