René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Notify mentors via DM of a new Mentor Service Request matching their skillset","articleBody":"~~Blocked by [Change Airtable Mentor Request Form 'specific languages' options to match mentor skillsets](https://github.com/OperationCode/operationcode_frontend/issues/672) in front-end repo.~~\r\n\r\n# Feature\r\n## Why is this feature being added?\r\n\u003c!-- What problem is it solving? What value does it add? --\u003e\r\nTo notify mentors of a Mentor Service Request, we currently rely on:\r\n - Slackbot that posts once to the #mentors-internal channel when a request is made. This requires mentors to actively monitor the channel.\r\n - Volunteers who manually scan the Airtable sheet on a semi-regular basis to see if there are outstanding requests.\r\n- The above options are not ideal. They open the possibility for requests to slip through the cracks and go unfulfilled. (this has happened before)\r\n\r\n## What should your feature do?\r\nIf a mentee requests help w/ a specific language, all mentors with those skillsets are DMed.\r\nWe could use Slack API's [Interactive Message Buttons](https://api.slack.com/docs/message-buttons) feature to allow a mentor to: \r\n- Claim the request by clicking a button (first to claim the request assigns themselves to it)\r\n- Opt-out of further Mentor Request DMs by: \r\n  - Either opt-out directly by clicking a button in the Slack DM, OR\r\n  - Clicking a link/button fowards them to a page on operationcode.org (they must be signed in) where they can adjust their settings ('I want to receive Mentor Service Request DMs' / 'I no longer want to receive Mentor Service Request DMs')\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n### Notes\r\nThis addresses one of the pain points from the [Mentorship Management Improvements Epic](https://github.com/OperationCode/operationcode/issues/758) in the main OC repo.\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jjhampton","@type":"Person","name":"jjhampton"},"datePublished":"2017-10-11T23:34:32.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/89/operationcode_bot/issues/89"}