You can also send messages over the HTTP based API. That can be used to let external services post messages to your channels or to a specific person.
Here an example for a script
#!/bin/bash Receiver=$1 Message=$2 curl -X POST -F "receiver=$Receiver" -F "msg=$Message" -F "apikey=YourSecretKey" https://your-domain/modules/addons/slackforwhmcs/API.php --silent
Then you can send messages using this command:
./send_slack "@channel@$(hostname)" "My CPU temperatur is too high. Can you please check me urgently?"