Well, its not just updating the config details its connecting other team mates apps together for eg you can create a google calendar event in your team mates calender by adding their name @teammate :)
We are working closely with Slack team to get this going. I don't foresee that happening since we promote people to get on board with slack. It's a win win. But I do get your point :) thanks for the feedback.
We use OAuth so we don't store any API keystroke passwords. Well more than the ease we are trying to make this collaborative so you can add data to your team mate services easily.
Thanks for your feedback. Actually the communication market is picking up. We are not dependant on slack we are an API which can be plugged to any chat service like Hipchat kato etc.
We want to run this as a service, for eg with hubot you need to add the API keys in a config file which isn't that easy unless you have a dev to write something on top of it. We are planning to make the UX really simple on provide /pulling the data from your services.
We are just getting started but we have plans to build an interactive input methods where you can add more details to your apps. We do have plans getting there. We are initially mobile focussed.
We don't have any plans of open sourcing it at the moment. We want it to be a service and it is free. Yup we are starting with slack and we have plans to integrate Chat apps which has the API option open :)
Nice suggestion. Yes we would want to open this framework for custom integrations. We are trying to create a bot which is easy to setup and use with neat interactions. We will be doing this as a service integrating interesting commands and services. We would want to provide an easy way to add data to other team members eg: You can create an event and add your team members calendar too easily.
I am David founder at ManageYum! Well will bring the data in, which needs their attention on day to day basis. We would be using the same technical jargons related to the services so they don't have anything new to learn.
True using PHP would also have server dependant issues as well as security issues. I feel PHP is a web framework and would suggest using a application framework for this.