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## How it works
GitLab ChatOps is built upon two existing features, [GitLab CI/CD](../README.md) and [Slack Slash Commmands](../../user/project/integrations/slack_slash_commands.md).
GitLab ChatOps is built upon two existing features:
A new `run` action has been added to the [slash commands](../../integration/slash_commands.md), which takes two arguments: a `<job name>` to execute and the `<job arguments>`. When executed, ChatOps will look up the specified job name and attempt to match it to a corresponding job in [.gitlab-ci.yml](../yaml/README.md). If a matching job is found on `master`, a pipeline containing just that job is scheduled. Two additional [CI/CD variables](../variables/README.md#predefined-environment-variables) are passed to the job: `CHAT_INPUT` contains any additional arguments, and `CHAT_CHANNEL` is set to the name of channel the action was triggered in.
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Since ChatOps is built upon GitLab CI/CD, the job has all the same features and functions available. There a few best practices to consider however when creating ChatOps jobs:
* It is strongly recommended to set `only: [chat]` so the job does not run as part of the standard CI pipeline.
* If the job is set to `when: manual`, the pipeline will be created however the job will wait to be started.
* It is important to keep in mind that there is very limited support for access control. If the user who triggered the slash command is a developer in the project, the job will run. The job itself can utilize existing [CI/CD variables](../variables/README.html#predefined-environment-variables) like `GITLAB_USER_ID` to perform additional rights validation, however these variables can be [overridden](../variables/README.html#priority-of-environment-variables).
- It is strongly recommended to set `only: [chat]` so the job does not run as part of the standard CI pipeline.
- If the job is set to `when: manual`, the pipeline will be created however the job will wait to be started.
- It is important to keep in mind that there is limited support for access control. If the user who triggered the slash command is a developer in the project, the job will run. The job itself can utilize existing [CI/CD variables](../variables/README.html#predefined-environment-variables) like `GITLAB_USER_ID` to perform additional rights validation, however these variables can be [overridden](../variables/README.html#priority-of-environment-variables).
### Controlling the ChatOps reply
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