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Slack MCP Server

An MCP server implementation that integrates the Slack API, providing messaging, channel management, and search capabilities.

Features

  • Conversations: List channels, read message history, manage threads

  • Messaging: Send, update, and delete messages; add reactions

  • Search: Find messages across your workspace (user token only)

  • Users: List users, get profiles, lookup by email

  • Files & Pins: List files, manage pinned messages

  • Token Rotation: Automatic refresh for rotatable tokens

Related MCP server: Slack MCP Server

Tools

Conversations

  • slack_list_conversations - List channels, DMs, and group DMs

  • slack_get_conversation_info - Get channel details

  • slack_conversations_history - Fetch message history

  • slack_conversations_replies - Get thread replies

  • slack_conversations_members - List channel members

  • slack_conversations_join - Join a public channel

  • slack_conversations_leave - Leave a conversation

  • slack_conversations_open - Open a DM or group DM

Messages

  • slack_chat_post_message - Send a message to a channel or thread

  • slack_chat_update - Update an existing message

  • slack_chat_delete - Delete a message

  • slack_reactions_add - Add emoji reaction

  • slack_reactions_remove - Remove emoji reaction

  • slack_search_messages - Search messages (requires user token)

Users

  • slack_users_list - List workspace users

  • slack_users_info - Get user details by ID

  • slack_users_lookup_by_email - Find user by email

  • slack_auth_test - Get current token info

Other

  • slack_team_info - Get workspace info

  • slack_bookmarks_list - List channel bookmarks

  • slack_pins_list / slack_pins_add / slack_pins_remove - Manage pins

  • slack_reminders_list / slack_reminders_add / slack_reminders_delete - Manage reminders

  • slack_files_list / slack_files_info - List and get file details

Configuration

Getting a Slack Token

  1. Go to Slack API Apps

  2. Click Create New AppFrom scratch

  3. Go to OAuth & Permissions

  4. Add scopes under Bot Token Scopes or User Token Scopes:

    channels:read, channels:history, chat:write, users:read, team:read
  5. Click Install to Workspace

  6. Copy the token (xoxb-... or xoxp-...)

Token Types

Token

Prefix

Search?

Access

Bot

xoxb-

No

Invited channels only

User

xoxp-

Yes

All user's channels

Rotatable

xoxe.xoxp-

Yes

Auto-refreshes

Development

Install Dependencies

uv sync

Run the Server

uv run python src/main.py

Test the API

uv run python test_api.py

Test with MCP Inspector

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run python src/main.py

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

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