Talk to your Slack workspace as tools. Read channel history, post messages, react with emojis, manage threads, look up users. Requires a Slack bot token. Useful for summarizing standups, drafting announcements, or triaging DMs.

Read channels, post messages, manage threads from Claude.

Use Case

Daily standup summary across 5 channels in one prompt,Drafting a launch announcement, then posting to #general after review,Finding the message where someone mentioned a specific bug,Bulk-reacting to messages in a moderation backlog

When Not to Use

Discord — use the Discord MCP instead,When you need real-time webhooks (MCP is request-driven),Cross-workspace operations — bot tokens are per-workspace

Common Pitfalls

  • Bot needs to be invited to private channels first; it sees nothing in channels it isn't in
  • Posting tokens in JSON config = audit risk; use env vars from a secret manager
  • OAuth scopes matter: need channels:history, chat:write, users:read minimum