Keeps your slack user active whenever auto-away kicks in.

$ npm install slack-keep-presence

$ slack-keep-presence -t <your token>

$ SLACK_TOKEN=<your_token> slack-keep-presence

https://twitter.com/slackhq/status/448966862521786368

@chrisbonini @ChaseGiunta Disabling auto-away isn't on our immediate roadmap, but it's on our "someday" list. Stay tuned! ✨

I do no twant to stay tuned.

Auto-away in slack is annoying, at least it is to me. That I've not lurked around slack for 30 minutes does not mean I am not available for anyone to ping. It baffles me such option is not available. Fortunately the slack API allows for circumventing this "feature".

OS X and Windows slack dists have something that checks for activity on the whole computer and disables auto-away. People using the webapp have no such option, so there's this.