diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d384f5d289..a8e6799fdf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ Thumbs.db
 # docker
 **/.docker/data
 **/.docker/logs
+
+# logs
+*.log
diff --git a/apps/roomote/package.json b/apps/roomote/package.json
index 3abf84e919..c7cc001fa5 100644
--- a/apps/roomote/package.json
+++ b/apps/roomote/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "dev": "dotenvx run -f ../../.env.development -- next dev --turbopack --port 3001",
     "build": "dotenvx run -f ../../.env.production -- next build",
     "start": "dotenvx run -f ../../.env.production -- next start --port 3001",
-    "controller": "dotenvx run -f ../../.env.development -- tsx src/lib/controller.ts",
+    "controller": "dotenvx run -f ../../.env.development -f ../../.env.keys -f ../../.env.local -- tsx src/lib/controller.ts",
     "controller:production": "dotenvx run -f ../../.env.production -- tsx src/lib/controller.ts",
     "worker": "dotenvx run -f ../../.env.development -- tsx src/lib/worker.ts",
     "worker:production": "dotenvx run -f ../../.env.production -- tsx src/lib/worker.ts",
diff --git a/apps/roomote/src/app/api/webhooks/slack/route.ts b/apps/roomote/src/app/api/webhooks/slack/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a1bc859e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/roomote/src/app/api/webhooks/slack/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm';
+
+import { db, cloudJobs } from '@roo-code-cloud/db/server';
+
+import { SlackNotifier } from '@/lib/slack';
+
+import { createAndEnqueueJob } from '../github/handlers/utils';
+
+const mentionedThreads = new Set<string>();
+const pendingWorkspaceSelections = new Map<string, SlackEvent>();
+const slack = new SlackNotifier();
+
+interface SlackEvent {
+  type: string;
+  channel: string;
+  user: string;
+  text: string;
+  ts: string;
+  thread_ts?: string;
+  bot_id?: string;
+  app_id?: string;
+}
+
+interface SlackInteractivePayload {
+  type: string;
+  user: {
+    id: string;
+    name: string;
+  };
+  channel: {
+    id: string;
+    name: string;
+  };
+  message: {
+    ts: string;
+    thread_ts?: string;
+  };
+  actions: Array<{
+    action_id: string;
+    value: string;
+    text: {
+      text: string;
+    };
+  }>;
+  response_url: string;
+  trigger_id: string;
+}
+
+interface SlackWebhookBody {
+  type: string;
+  challenge?: string;
+  event?: SlackEvent;
+  team_id?: string;
+  payload?: string; // For interactive payloads.
+}
+
+export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
+  const contentType = request.headers.get('content-type');
+
+  if (contentType?.includes('application/x-www-form-urlencoded')) {
+    const formData = await request.formData();
+    const payload = formData.get('payload') as string;
+
+    if (payload) {
+      const interactivePayload: SlackInteractivePayload = JSON.parse(payload);
+      await handleInteractivePayload(interactivePayload);
+      return NextResponse.json({ ok: true });
+    }
+  }
+
+  const body: SlackWebhookBody = JSON.parse(await request.text());
+
+  if (body.type === 'url_verification') {
+    console.log('🔐 Slack URL verification challenge received');
+    return NextResponse.json({ challenge: body.challenge });
+  }
+
+  if (body.type === 'event_callback' && body.event) {
+    const event = body.event;
+
+    if (event.bot_id || event.app_id) {
+      return NextResponse.json({ ok: true });
+    }
+
+    console.log('🛎️ Slack Event ->', {
+      type: event.type,
+      channel: event.channel,
+      user: event.user,
+      text: event.text?.substring(0, 100),
+      thread_ts: event.thread_ts,
+      ts: event.ts,
+    });
+
+    switch (event.type) {
+      case 'app_mention':
+        await handleAppMention(event);
+        break;
+
+      case 'message':
+        await handleMessage(event);
+        break;
+
+      default:
+        console.log(`Unhandled event type: ${event.type}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return NextResponse.json({ ok: true });
+}
+
+async function handleInteractivePayload(payload: SlackInteractivePayload) {
+  console.log('🎯 Interactive payload received:', {
+    type: payload.type,
+    user: payload.user.id,
+    channel: payload.channel.id,
+    action: payload.actions[0]?.action_id,
+    value: payload.actions[0]?.value,
+  });
+
+  if (
+    payload.actions[0]?.action_id === 'select_roo_code_cloud' ||
+    payload.actions[0]?.action_id === 'select_roo_code'
+  ) {
+    const workspace = payload.actions[0].value;
+    const threadId = payload.message.thread_ts || payload.message.ts;
+
+    try {
+      const originalEvent = pendingWorkspaceSelections.get(threadId);
+
+      if (!originalEvent) {
+        throw new Error('Original mention event not found');
+      }
+
+      pendingWorkspaceSelections.delete(threadId);
+
+      const { jobId, enqueuedJobId } = await createAndEnqueueJob(
+        'slack.app.mention',
+        {
+          channel: originalEvent.channel,
+          user: originalEvent.user,
+          text: originalEvent.text,
+          ts: originalEvent.ts,
+          thread_ts: threadId,
+          workspace,
+        },
+      );
+
+      console.log(
+        `🔗 Enqueued slack.app.mention job for workspace ${workspace} (id: ${jobId}, enqueued: ${enqueuedJobId})`,
+      );
+
+      await slack.postMessage({
+        text: `✅ Enqueued job ${enqueuedJobId} for workspace ${workspace}.`,
+        channel: payload.channel.id,
+        thread_ts: threadId,
+      });
+
+      await db
+        .update(cloudJobs)
+        .set({ slackThreadTs: threadId })
+        .where(eq(cloudJobs.id, jobId));
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('❌ Failed to process workspace selection:', error);
+
+      await slack.postMessage({
+        text: `❌ Sorry, something went wrong processing your request. Please try again.`,
+        channel: payload.channel.id,
+        thread_ts: threadId,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function handleAppMention(event: SlackEvent) {
+  console.log('🤖 Bot mentioned in channel:', event.channel);
+  const threadId = event.thread_ts || event.ts;
+  mentionedThreads.add(threadId);
+  console.log(`📌 Tracking thread: ${threadId}`);
+
+  try {
+    pendingWorkspaceSelections.set(threadId, event);
+
+    const result = await slack.postMessage({
+      text: '👋 Which workspace would you like me to work in?',
+      channel: event.channel,
+      thread_ts: threadId,
+      blocks: [
+        {
+          type: 'section',
+          text: {
+            type: 'mrkdwn',
+            text: '👋 Which workspace would you like me to work in?',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          type: 'actions',
+          elements: [
+            {
+              type: 'button',
+              text: { type: 'plain_text', text: 'Roo-Code-Cloud', emoji: true },
+              action_id: 'select_roo_code_cloud',
+              value: 'roo-code-cloud',
+            },
+            {
+              type: 'button',
+              text: { type: 'plain_text', text: 'Roo-Code', emoji: true },
+              action_id: 'select_roo_code',
+              value: 'roo-code',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    console.log(`✅ Sent workspace selection to thread: ${threadId}`, result);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('❌ Failed to process app mention:', error);
+  }
+}
+
+async function handleMessage(event: SlackEvent) {
+  if (!event.thread_ts || !mentionedThreads.has(event.thread_ts)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  console.log('💬 New message in tracked thread:', {
+    thread: event.thread_ts,
+    channel: event.channel,
+    user: event.user,
+    text: event.text?.substring(0, 100),
+  });
+
+  // TODO: Process the thread message.
+  // This is where you'd handle follow-up messages in the thread.
+}
diff --git a/apps/roomote/src/lib/__tests__/controller.test.ts b/apps/roomote/src/lib/__tests__/controller.test.ts
index e2c12f4935..604c964c8c 100644
--- a/apps/roomote/src/lib/__tests__/controller.test.ts
+++ b/apps/roomote/src/lib/__tests__/controller.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 // npx vitest src/lib/__tests__/controller.test.ts
 
-import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
-
 const mockQueue = {
   getWaiting: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve([])),
   getActive: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve([])),
@@ -9,6 +7,10 @@ const mockQueue = {
   on: vi.fn(),
 };
 
+const mockWorker = {
+  startStalledCheckTimer: vi.fn(),
+};
+
 const mockSpawn = vi.fn(() => ({
   stdout: { pipe: vi.fn() },
   stderr: { pipe: vi.fn() },
@@ -37,8 +39,11 @@ vi.mock('fs', () => ({
 
 const mockQueueConstructor = vi.fn(() => mockQueue);
 
+const mockWorkerConstructor = vi.fn(() => mockWorker);
+
 vi.mock('bullmq', () => ({
   Queue: mockQueueConstructor,
+  Worker: mockWorkerConstructor,
 }));
 
 describe('WorkerController', () => {
diff --git a/apps/roomote/src/lib/checkStalledJobs.ts b/apps/roomote/src/lib/checkStalledJobs.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d59cb4509b..0000000000
--- a/apps/roomote/src/lib/checkStalledJobs.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-// npx dotenvx run -f ../../.env.production -- tsx src/lib/checkStalledJobs.ts
-
-import { Worker } from 'bullmq';
-
-import { redis } from './redis';
-
-async function checkStalledJobs() {
-  const worker = new Worker('roomote', undefined, {
-    autorun: false,
-    connection: redis,
-  });
-
-  while (true) {
-    console.log('startStalledCheckTimer()');
-    await worker.startStalledCheckTimer();
-    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 30_000));
-  }
-}
-
-process.on('SIGTERM', async () => {
-  console.log('SIGTERM');
-  process.exit(0);
-});
-
-process.on('SIGINT', async () => {
-  console.log('SIGINT');
-  process.exit(0);
-});
-
-checkStalledJobs()
-  .then(() => {
-    process.exit(0);
-  })
-  .catch((error) => {
-    console.error(error);
-    process.exit(1);
-  });
diff --git a/apps/roomote/src/lib/cli.ts b/apps/roomote/src/lib/cli.ts
index a9457efbcc..b06dea90d1 100644
--- a/apps/roomote/src/lib/cli.ts
+++ b/apps/roomote/src/lib/cli.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-import * as path from 'path';
-import * as os from 'node:os';
-
 import {
   command,
   run,
@@ -19,7 +16,6 @@ import {
   processPullRequestComment,
 } from '@/lib/jobs';
 import { runTask } from '@/lib/runTask';
-import { Logger } from '@/lib/logger';
 
 const fixIssueCommand = command({
   name: 'fix-issue',
@@ -277,11 +273,6 @@ const promptCommand = command({
       jobType: 'test.prompt',
       jobPayload: { text },
       prompt: text,
-      logger: new Logger({
-        logDir: path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), 'logs'),
-        filename: 'cli.log',
-        tag: 'worker',
-      }),
       notify: false,
       workspacePath,
       settings: { mode },
diff --git a/apps/roomote/src/lib/controller.ts b/apps/roomote/src/lib/controller.ts
index 3375583966..5ef1790215 100644
--- a/apps/roomote/src/lib/controller.ts
+++ b/apps/roomote/src/lib/controller.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Queue } from 'bullmq';
+import { Queue, Worker } from 'bullmq';
 import { execa } from 'execa';
 
 import { redis } from './redis';
@@ -9,28 +9,34 @@ export class WorkerController {
   private readonly MAX_WORKERS = 2;
 
   private queue: Queue;
+  private stalledJobsWorker: Worker;
   public isRunning = false;
   private pollingInterval: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
   private activeWorkers = new Set<string>();
 
   constructor() {
     this.queue = new Queue('roomote', { connection: redis });
+
+    this.stalledJobsWorker = new Worker('roomote', undefined, {
+      autorun: false,
+      connection: redis,
+    });
   }
 
   async start() {
     if (this.isRunning) {
-      console.log('Controller is already running');
       return;
     }
 
     this.isRunning = true;
-    console.log('Worker controller started');
 
     await this.checkAndSpawnWorker();
 
     this.pollingInterval = setInterval(async () => {
       await this.checkAndSpawnWorker();
     }, this.POLL_INTERVAL_MS);
+
+    await this.stalledJobsWorker.startStalledCheckTimer();
   }
 
   async stop() {
@@ -92,7 +98,9 @@ export class WorkerController {
           '--network roo-code-cloud_default',
           `-e APP_ENV=${process.env.APP_ENV || 'development'}`,
           `-e GH_TOKEN=${process.env.GH_TOKEN}`,
+          `-e DOTENV_PRIVATE_KEY_DEVELOPMENT=${process.env.DOTENV_PRIVATE_KEY_DEVELOPMENT}`,
           `-e DOTENV_PRIVATE_KEY_PRODUCTION=${process.env.DOTENV_PRIVATE_KEY_PRODUCTION}`,
+          `-e WORKSPACE_ROOT=${process.env.WORKSPACE_ROOT}`,
           '-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock',
           '-v /tmp/roomote:/var/log/roomote',
         ];
diff --git a/apps/roomote/src/lib/job.ts b/apps/roomote/src/lib/job.ts
index dcd1d7a92c..1fcd4f5757 100644
--- a/apps/roomote/src/lib/job.ts
+++ b/apps/roomote/src/lib/job.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm';
 import { Job } from 'bullmq';
 
+import type { ClineMessage } from '@roo-code/types';
 import {
   type JobType,
   type JobStatus,
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ import {
 import { fixGitHubIssue } from './jobs/fixGitHubIssue';
 import { processPullRequestComment } from './jobs/processPullRequestComment';
 import { processIssueComment } from './jobs/processIssueComment';
+import { processSlackMention } from './jobs/processSlackMention';
+import { SlackNotifier } from './slack';
+
+const slack = new SlackNotifier();
 
 export async function processJob<T extends JobType>({
   data: { type, payload, jobId },
@@ -31,20 +36,17 @@ export async function processJob<T extends JobType>({
         result = await fixGitHubIssue(
           payload as JobPayload<'github.issue.fix'>,
           {
-            onTaskStarted: async (
+            onTaskStarted: (
               slackThreadTs: string | null | undefined,
               _rooTaskId: string,
-            ) => {
-              if (slackThreadTs) {
-                await updateJobStatus(
-                  jobId,
-                  'processing',
-                  undefined,
-                  undefined,
-                  slackThreadTs,
-                );
-              }
-            },
+            ) =>
+              updateJobStatus(
+                jobId,
+                'processing',
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                slackThreadTs,
+              ),
           },
         );
 
@@ -53,20 +55,17 @@ export async function processJob<T extends JobType>({
         result = await processIssueComment(
           payload as JobPayload<'github.issue.comment.respond'>,
           {
-            onTaskStarted: async (
+            onTaskStarted: (
               slackThreadTs: string | null | undefined,
               _rooTaskId: string,
-            ) => {
-              if (slackThreadTs) {
-                await updateJobStatus(
-                  jobId,
-                  'processing',
-                  undefined,
-                  undefined,
-                  slackThreadTs,
-                );
-              }
-            },
+            ) =>
+              updateJobStatus(
+                jobId,
+                'processing',
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                slackThreadTs,
+              ),
           },
         );
 
@@ -75,34 +74,60 @@ export async function processJob<T extends JobType>({
         result = await processPullRequestComment(
           payload as JobPayload<'github.pr.comment.respond'>,
           {
-            onTaskStarted: async (
+            onTaskStarted: (
               slackThreadTs: string | null | undefined,
               _rooTaskId: string,
-            ) => {
-              if (slackThreadTs) {
-                await updateJobStatus(
-                  jobId,
-                  'processing',
-                  undefined,
-                  undefined,
-                  slackThreadTs,
-                );
-              }
-            },
+            ) =>
+              updateJobStatus(
+                jobId,
+                'processing',
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                slackThreadTs,
+              ),
           },
         );
 
         break;
+      case 'slack.app.mention': {
+        const jobPayload = payload as JobPayload<'slack.app.mention'>;
+        const { channel, thread_ts } = jobPayload;
+
+        result = await processSlackMention(jobPayload, {
+          onTaskStarted: (
+            slackThreadTs: string | null | undefined,
+            _rooTaskId: string,
+          ) =>
+            updateJobStatus(
+              jobId,
+              'processing',
+              undefined,
+              undefined,
+              slackThreadTs,
+            ),
+          onTaskMessage: async (message: ClineMessage) => {
+            console.log(`onTaskMessage (${channel}, ${thread_ts}) ->`, message);
+
+            if (
+              (message.say === 'text' || message.say === 'completion_result') &&
+              message.text &&
+              thread_ts
+            ) {
+              slack.postMessage({ text: message.text, channel, thread_ts });
+            }
+          },
+        });
+
+        break;
+      }
       default:
         throw new Error(`Unknown job type: ${type}`);
     }
 
     await updateJobStatus(jobId, 'completed', result);
-    console.log(
-      `[${job.name} | ${job.id}] Job ${jobId} completed successfully`,
-    );
+    console.log(`[${job.name} | ${job.id}] ✅`);
   } catch (error) {
-    console.error(`[${job.name} | ${job.id}] Job ${jobId} failed:`, error);
+    console.error(`[${job.name} | ${job.id}] ❌`, error);
     const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
     await updateJobStatus(jobId, 'failed', undefined, errorMessage);
     throw error; // Re-throw to mark job as failed in BullMQ.
@@ -114,7 +139,7 @@ async function updateJobStatus(
   status: JobStatus,
   result?: unknown,
   error?: string,
-  slackThreadTs?: string,
+  slackThreadTs?: string | null,
 ) {
   const values: UpdateCloudJob = { status };
 
diff --git a/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/fixGitHubIssue.ts b/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/fixGitHubIssue.ts
index d725c295b6..1d8206dd8a 100644
--- a/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/fixGitHubIssue.ts
+++ b/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/fixGitHubIssue.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-import * as path from 'path';
-import * as os from 'node:os';
-
 import type { JobType, JobPayload } from '@roo-code-cloud/db';
 
 import { runTask, type RunTaskCallbacks } from '../runTask';
-import { Logger } from '../logger';
 
 const jobType: JobType = 'github.issue.fix';
 
@@ -31,11 +27,6 @@ Issue #${jobPayload.issue}
     jobType,
     jobPayload,
     prompt,
-    logger: new Logger({
-      logDir: path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), 'logs'),
-      filename: 'worker.log',
-      tag: 'worker',
-    }),
     callbacks,
     settings: {
       mode: 'issue-fixer',
diff --git a/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/index.ts b/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/index.ts
index 6ae4ffe6cc..14609e0456 100644
--- a/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/index.ts
+++ b/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export { fixGitHubIssue } from './fixGitHubIssue';
 export { processIssueComment } from './processIssueComment';
 export { processPullRequestComment } from './processPullRequestComment';
+export { processSlackMention } from './processSlackMention';
diff --git a/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/processIssueComment.ts b/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/processIssueComment.ts
index 7c51ffe588..a9951a67a6 100644
--- a/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/processIssueComment.ts
+++ b/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/processIssueComment.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-import * as path from 'path';
-import * as os from 'node:os';
-
 import type { JobType, JobPayload } from '@roo-code-cloud/db';
 
 import { runTask, type RunTaskCallbacks } from '../runTask';
-import { Logger } from '../logger';
 
 const jobType: JobType = 'github.issue.comment.respond';
 
@@ -58,11 +54,6 @@ gh api repos/${jobPayload.repo}/issues/${jobPayload.issueNumber}/comments --meth
     jobType,
     jobPayload,
     prompt,
-    logger: new Logger({
-      logDir: path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), 'logs'),
-      filename: 'worker.log',
-      tag: 'worker',
-    }),
     callbacks,
   });
 
diff --git a/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/processPullRequestComment.ts b/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/processPullRequestComment.ts
index 097a2716ed..84610f2c9c 100644
--- a/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/processPullRequestComment.ts
+++ b/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/processPullRequestComment.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-import * as path from 'path';
-import * as os from 'node:os';
-
 import type { JobType, JobPayload } from '@roo-code-cloud/db';
 
 import { runTask, type RunTaskCallbacks } from '../runTask';
-import { Logger } from '../logger';
 
 const jobType: JobType = 'github.pr.comment.respond';
 
@@ -72,11 +68,6 @@ Do not create a new pull request - work directly on the existing PR branch.
     jobType,
     jobPayload,
     prompt,
-    logger: new Logger({
-      logDir: path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), 'logs'),
-      filename: 'worker.log',
-      tag: 'worker',
-    }),
     callbacks,
   });
 
diff --git a/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/processSlackMention.ts b/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/processSlackMention.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e02528bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/roomote/src/lib/jobs/processSlackMention.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import type { JobType, JobPayload } from '@roo-code-cloud/db';
+
+import { runTask, type RunTaskCallbacks } from '../runTask';
+
+const jobType: JobType = 'slack.app.mention';
+
+type ProcessSlackMentionJobPayload = JobPayload<'slack.app.mention'>;
+
+export async function processSlackMention(
+  jobPayload: ProcessSlackMentionJobPayload,
+  callbacks?: RunTaskCallbacks,
+): Promise<{
+  channel: string;
+  user: string;
+  result: unknown;
+}> {
+  const { text: prompt, channel, user } = jobPayload;
+
+  // Add your workspace root to .env.local to override the default
+  // workspace root that our containers use.
+  const workspaceRoot = process.env.WORKSPACE_ROOT || '/roo/repos';
+
+  const result = await runTask({
+    jobType,
+    jobPayload,
+    prompt,
+    callbacks,
+    notify: false,
+    workspacePath: `${workspaceRoot}/${jobPayload.workspace}`,
+  });
+
+  return { channel, user, result };
+}
diff --git a/apps/roomote/src/lib/runTask.ts b/apps/roomote/src/lib/runTask.ts
index 7762a427a8..47401dff70 100644
--- a/apps/roomote/src/lib/runTask.ts
+++ b/apps/roomote/src/lib/runTask.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { execa } from 'execa';
 
 import {
   type RooCodeSettings,
+  type ClineMessage,
   TaskCommandName,
   RooCodeEventName,
   IpcMessageType,
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export type RunTaskCallbacks = {
     slackThreadTs: string | null | undefined,
     rooTaskId: string,
   ) => Promise<void>;
+  onTaskMessage?: (message: ClineMessage) => Promise<void>;
   onTaskAborted?: (slackThreadTs: string | null | undefined) => Promise<void>;
   onTaskCompleted?: (
     slackThreadTs: string | null | undefined,
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ type RunTaskOptions<T extends JobType> = {
   jobType: T;
   jobPayload: JobPayload<T>;
   prompt: string;
-  logger: Logger;
+  logger?: Logger;
   callbacks?: RunTaskCallbacks;
   notify?: boolean;
   workspacePath?: string;
@@ -80,6 +82,14 @@ export const runTask = async <T extends JobType>({
     ? `ROO_CODE_IPC_SOCKET_PATH=${ipcSocketPath} xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-num=1 code --wait --log trace --disable-workspace-trust --disable-gpu --disable-lcd-text --no-sandbox --user-data-dir /roo/.vscode --password-store="basic" -n ${workspacePath}`
     : `ROO_CODE_IPC_SOCKET_PATH=${ipcSocketPath} code --disable-workspace-trust -n ${workspacePath}`;
 
+  if (!logger) {
+    logger = new Logger({
+      logDir: path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), 'logs'),
+      filename: 'worker.log',
+      tag: 'worker',
+    });
+  }
+
   logger.info(codeCommand);
 
   const subprocess = execa({
@@ -152,6 +162,14 @@ export const runTask = async <T extends JobType>({
       logger.info(`${eventName} ->`, payload);
     }
 
+    if (
+      eventName === RooCodeEventName.Message &&
+      payload[0].message.partial !== true &&
+      callbacks?.onTaskMessage
+    ) {
+      await callbacks.onTaskMessage(payload[0].message);
+    }
+
     if (eventName === RooCodeEventName.TaskStarted) {
       taskStartedAt = Date.now();
       rooTaskId = payload[0];
@@ -252,11 +270,14 @@ export const runTask = async <T extends JobType>({
 
     if (rooTaskId && !isClientDisconnected) {
       logger.info('cancelling task');
+
       client.sendCommand({
         commandName: TaskCommandName.CancelTask,
         data: rooTaskId,
       });
-      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5_000)); // Allow some time for the task to cancel.
+
+      // Allow some time for the task to cancel.
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5_000));
     }
 
     taskFinishedAt = Date.now();
@@ -282,11 +303,14 @@ export const runTask = async <T extends JobType>({
 
   if (rooTaskId && !isClientDisconnected) {
     logger.info('closing task');
+
     client.sendCommand({
       commandName: TaskCommandName.CloseTask,
       data: rooTaskId,
     });
-    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 2_000)); // Allow some time for the window to close.
+
+    // Allow some time for the window to close.
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 2_000));
   }
 
   if (!isClientDisconnected) {
diff --git a/apps/roomote/src/lib/slack.ts b/apps/roomote/src/lib/slack.ts
index 8299b9c467..dd4fded8d7 100644
--- a/apps/roomote/src/lib/slack.ts
+++ b/apps/roomote/src/lib/slack.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class SlackNotifier {
     this.token = token;
   }
 
-  private async postMessage(message: SlackMessage): Promise<string | null> {
+  public async postMessage(message: SlackMessage): Promise<string | null> {
     try {
       const messageWithChannel = {
         ...message,
@@ -120,6 +120,21 @@ export class SlackNotifier {
           ],
         });
       }
+      case 'slack.app.mention': {
+        const payload = jobPayload as JobPayload<'slack.app.mention'>;
+        return await this.postMessage({
+          text: `🚀 Task Started`,
+          blocks: [
+            {
+              type: 'section',
+              text: {
+                type: 'mrkdwn',
+                text: `🚀 *Task Started*\nProcessing your Slack mention from <#${payload.channel}>\n*Message:* ${payload.text.slice(0, 100)}${payload.text.length > 100 ? '...' : ''}`,
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        });
+      }
       default:
         throw new Error(`Unknown job type: ${jobType}`);
     }
@@ -159,8 +174,4 @@ export class SlackNotifier {
       thread_ts: threadTs,
     });
   }
-
-  public async sendMessage(message: SlackMessage): Promise<string | null> {
-    return await this.postMessage(message);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/db/src/types.ts b/packages/db/src/types.ts
index acdc453050..fc6e2479f0 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/types.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,17 @@ export const createJobSchema = z.discriminatedUnion('type', [
       commentUrl: z.string(),
     }),
   }),
+  z.object({
+    type: z.literal('slack.app.mention'),
+    payload: z.object({
+      channel: z.string(),
+      user: z.string(),
+      text: z.string(),
+      ts: z.string(),
+      thread_ts: z.string().optional(),
+      workspace: z.string(),
+    }),
+  }),
   z.object({
     type: z.literal('test.prompt'),
     payload: z.object({