Slack User MCP Server

A personal MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects to Slack using your user token (xoxp-...), giving AI agents full access to your workspace — including message search, channel history, DMs, and posting as yourself.

Unlike bot-token-based Slack integrations, this server acts as you, so it can access any channel you're a member of (including private channels and DMs) and use the Slack search API.

Features

• Search messages — Full Slack search syntax (from:me, in:#channel, has:link, date filters, etc.)

• Channel history — Read messages from any channel, DM, or group message you're in

• Post messages — Send messages as yourself (not as a bot)

• User lookup — Find users by name or email

• Thread reading — Fetch all replies in a thread

• Auth verification — Confirm your connection and identity

Related MCP server: Slack MCP Server

Tools

Setup

1. Create a Slack App and Get a User Token

1. Go to api.slack.com/apps and create a new app From scratch

2. Under OAuth & Permissions, add these User Token Scopes:

   • search:read

   • channels:read, channels:history

   • groups:read, groups:history

   • im:read, im:history

   • mpim:read, mpim:history

   • users:read, users:read.email

   • chat:write

3. Install the app to your workspace

4. Copy the User OAuth Token (starts with xoxp-)

2. Install Dependencies and Build

cd slack-user-mcp-server
npm install
npm run build

3. Connect to Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop config:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "slack-personal": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/slack-user-mcp-server/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "SLACK_USER_TOKEN": "xoxp-your-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Note: If you use a Node version manager like fnm or nvm, use the full path to node instead of just "node". Find it with fnm exec --using=default -- which node or nvm which default.

4. Restart Claude Desktop

Quit and reopen Claude Desktop. The server will appear in your MCP connections.

Example Queries

Once connected, you can ask your AI assistant things like:

• "Search for my recent Slack messages" — uses from:me

• "What's the latest in #general?" — channel history

• "Find messages about the Q1 budget" — full-text search

• "Who is on the marketing team?" — user lookup

• "Send a message to #general saying the build is green" — post as yourself

Search Syntax

The search tool supports all Slack search modifiers:

Tech Stack

• TypeScript

• MCP TypeScript SDK

• Slack Web API (via fetch)

• Zod for input validation

• stdio transport