{
  "id": 12443380,
  "title": "Build a Slack Bot That Investigates Any IP You Paste",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/build-a-slack-bot-that-investigates-any-ip-you-paste",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-06T18:50:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/abdullah_afzal/build-a-slack-bot-that-investigates-any-ip-you-paste-5gml"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Slack bot has been created to investigate any IP address that is pasted into it. The bot provides a threat score, the provider behind the address, and the abuse contact for reporting. To achieve this, two API calls are required: one for the threat score and provider information, and another for the abuse contact information. The third step, finding the abuse address, is often skipped by other bots, which is why many abuse cases never get reported. This bot addresses that issue by providing a complete and actionable response in a single Block Kit reply, using a slash command instead of a message listener to optimize credit usage and avoid unwanted noise.",
  "summary": "A Slack bot that investigates a pasted IP needs three things in one reply: a threat score, the provider behind the address, and the abuse contact to report it to. The first two are one API call. The third is the one everyone skips. That skip is why a lot of abuse never reaches the network that could actually stop it. Finding an abuse address means a WHOIS query, reading an RIR record, and…",
  "key_points": [
    "Slack bot created to investigate pasted IP addresses",
    "Provides threat score, provider, and abuse contact",
    "Addresses gap in reporting by offering complete response"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}