Small slack bot fixes

backend/onyx/onyxbot/slack/handlers/handle_message.py

@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ def handle_message(
         respond_tag_only = channel_conf.get("respond_tag_only") or False
         respond_member_group_list = channel_conf.get("respond_member_group_list", None)
 
-    if respond_tag_only and not bypass_filters:
+    # NOTE: always respond in the DMs, as long the default config is not disabled.
+    if respond_tag_only and not bypass_filters and not is_bot_dm:
         logger.info(
             "Skipping message since the channel is configured such that "
             "OnyxBot only responds to tags"

backend/onyx/server/manage/slack_bot.py

@@ -261,9 +261,6 @@ def create_bot(
     # Create a default Slack channel config
     default_channel_config = ChannelConfig(
         channel_name=None,
-        respond_member_group_list=[],
-        answer_filters=[],
-        follow_up_tags=[],
         respond_tag_only=True,
     )
     insert_slack_channel_config(