CommunicationIntermediate Official

Slack

by Anthropic

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Connect to Slack workspaces to read channels, post messages, manage threads, and interact with workspace data through the Slack API.

CAPABILITIES

List channels and users
Read channel messages
Post messages to channels
Reply to threads
Search messages

INSTALLATION

Terminal

npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-slack

CLAUDE DESKTOP CONFIG

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "slack": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "npx", "-y",
        ""@modelcontextprotocol/server-slack"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config file location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

QUICK FACTS

Category: Communication
Difficulty: Intermediate
Maintained By: Anthropic
NPM Package: @modelcontextprotocol/server-slack

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