---
title: "Slack MCP server for AI agents - actionlake"
description: "Give Claude 334 Slack actions through one MCP server: administration, chat, files, apps. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free."
canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/slack
updated: 2026-09-24
---

Connectors · Email & messaging

# Slack MCP server for AI agents.

actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Slack and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 334 Slack actions (122 reads, 159 writes and 53 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Slack credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Slack's limits and records every call.

[Connect Slack free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing)

100,000 free calls a month. No card, no email, no password: press Start a free sandbox on the next screen and keep the key it shows you.

`claude mcp add --transport http actionlake https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp`

the first call

```
do {
  action: "slack.team_info",
  intent: "check which Slack account is connected"
}
# Info — team · read · 1 upstream call
```

- 334 actions in one signed file
- 122 read look, never change
- 159 write create and update
- 53 wait for a yes destructive, confirmed first

Set up

## Connect Slack in three steps.

1. 01
   ### Add actionlake to Claude.
   Run the command once in Claude Code; its consent page can create a free sandbox: 100,000 calls a month, no card. In the Claude app, add a custom connector with the URL below and paste your key on the consent page. Creating a new sandbox from the Claude app is not yet tested by us.
   `https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp`
2. 02
   ### Connect Slack.
   Bearer token. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead. actionlake stores what you paste write-only, sealed under your tenant's key.
   - `bot_token` Slack bot token (xoxb-…)
   ```
   account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "slack" }
   # free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you
   ```
3. 03
   ### Make the first call. Check before a write.
   Ask in plain words; Claude picks the action. Before anything changes, `check` validates the call and prices it, for free.
   ```
   do    { action: "slack.team_info" }
   # info — team · read · 1 upstream call
   check { action: "slack.usergroups_create", input: { … } }
   # free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent
   ```

Slack at a glance

**Sign-in**

Bearer token. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead.

**You provide**

`bot_token`

**Limits we pace to**

20 calls a minute, per connection

**API covered**

Slack API 1`slack.com/api`

**Built from**

Slack's documentation, read 15 September 2026[docs.slack.dev](https://docs.slack.dev/reference/methods)

**Service file**

Version 2.0.0, signed (Ed25519)

**Cached reads**

122 of 122 reads, for up to an hour; a write clears what it affects

**Ready-made plans**

9 in the store

**Shared entities**

6, so ask can line Slack up with your other systems

**Data**

Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet

Capabilities

## What an AI agent can do in Slack.

334 actions in 16 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest.

- **122** read look, never change
- **159** write create and update
- **53** destructive wait for a confirmation

1. ### Administration
   115
   41 read · 53 write · 21 destructive
   List — admin users · Get expiration — admin users · Set expiration — admin users · Lookup — admin conversations
2. ### Chat
   73
   21 read · 41 write · 11 destructive
   List — conversations · History — conversations · Me message — chat · Post ephemeral — chat
3. ### Files
   33
   9 read · 15 write · 9 destructive
   List — files · List — files remote · Get upload u r l external — files · Info — files
4. ### Apps
   29
   13 read · 11 write · 5 destructive
   Info — apps permissions · Create — apps manifest · List — apps permissions resources · List — apps permissions scopes
5. ### Automation
   19
   5 read · 11 write · 3 destructive
   Update step — workflows · List — functions workflows steps · Add — workflows featured · List — workflows featured
6. ### People
   13
   8 read · 4 write · 1 destructive
   List — users · Lookup — users discoverableContacts · Get presence — users · Info — users
7. ### Auth
   13
   3 read · 8 write · 2 destructive
   Test — auth · Access — oauth · Token — oauth · User info — openid connect
8. ### Tenant
   9
   8 read · 0 write · 1 destructive
   Access logs — team · Info — team · Integration logs — team · List — team externalTeams

**8 more areas · 30 actions**

- Groups **7**
- Assistant **7**
- UI **6**
- Search **3**
- Entities **3**
- Events **2**
- Administration **1**
- Diagnostics **1**

Slack's own MCP server

## Slack's MCP server, or actionlake?

Slack runs a remote MCP server at mcp.slack.com. A client must be backed by a registered Slack app, published in Slack's directory or internal to your workspace, and signs in with OAuth.

Use Slack's server when one person wants to work in Slack from their own AI client. Use actionlake when you also want Slack behind the same endpoint as your other systems: a key per agent with allowed actions and a spending cap, a named person's approval before destructive actions, a sealed record of every call, and one ask across Slack and another system.

Source: [Slack's documentation](https://docs.slack.dev/ai/mcp-server), checked 22 October 2026.

Top actions

## The Slack API, shaped for agents.

The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 168 of Slack's 175 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once.

| Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `slack.users_list` List — users | Calls the Slack Web API method `users.list`. | read | `identity.user.list` 474 connectors |
| `slack.usergroups_list` List — usergroups | Calls the Slack Web API method `usergroups.list`. | read | `identity.group.list` 262 connectors |
| `slack.users_discoverablecontacts_lookup` Lookup — users discoverableContacts | Calls the Slack Web API method `users.discoverableContacts.lookup`. | read | `identity.user.list` 474 connectors |
| `slack.usergroups_create` Create — usergroups | Calls the Slack Web API method `usergroups.create`. | write | `identity.group.create` 205 connectors |
| `slack.usergroups_enable` Enable — usergroups | Calls the Slack Web API method `usergroups.enable`. | write | `identity.group.update` 189 connectors |
| `slack.usergroups_update` Update — usergroups | usergroups.users.list | write | `identity.group.update` 189 connectors |
| `slack.conversations_list` List — conversations | conversations.listConnectInvites | read | `comm.channel.list` 27 connectors |
| `slack.files_list` List — files | Calls the Slack Web API method `files.list`. | read | `content.file.list` 77 connectors |
| `slack.users_identity` Identity — users | Calls the Slack Web API method `users.identity`. | read | `identity.current_user.get` 307 connectors |
| `slack.conversations_history` History — conversations | can also be used to find a single message from the archive. | read | `comm.message.list` 42 connectors |
| `slack.search_messages` Messages — search | Calls the Slack Web API method `search.messages`. | read | `comm.message.search` 5 connectors |
| `slack.chat_delete` Delete — chat | chat.deleteScheduledMessage | destructive | `comm.message.delete` 27 connectors |

Try it

## Prompts to paste into Claude.

Each one names the Slack actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it.

1. Read read
   Which Slack files changed this week, and who changed them?
   calls `slack.files_list`
2. Plan write
   Create a project channel and set it up in Slack.
   calls `slack.conversations_create` `slack.conversations_setpurpose` `slack.admin_conversations_invite` `slack.conversations_canvases_create` `slack.chat_postmessage` +1 more
3. Plan destructive
   Offboard a departing person from Slack in Slack. Ask me before anything is sent or changed.
   calls `slack.users_lookupbyemail` `slack.users_profile_get` `slack.users_conversations` `slack.admin_users_session_clearsettings` `slack.admin_users_session_reset` +1 more
4. Write write
   Create — usergroups in Slack. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it.
   calls `slack.usergroups_create`

The plan store

## Ready-made plans for Slack.

9 plans in the store. Install one and your agent runs it by name; the reply says which connections are still missing. A schedule can run a plan on a timetable. There are no triggers or webhooks, by design.

1. ### Review and approve pending app install requests
   Use it when Admins need to work through the queue of Slack app install requests waiting for a decision.
   A person decides Approve _number of app requests_ pending Slack app install requests for team _team id_, with the scopes each app asked for.
   **Effect**
   write
   **Steps**
   4 · loops
   **Needs**
   team id
   **Install**
   `slack-approve-app-requests`
2. ### Archive channels with no recent activity
   Use it when Someone asks to clean up dormant Slack channels that nobody has posted in for months.
   A person decides Archive _number of channels_ Slack channels that have had no messages since _inactive before_.
   **Effect**
   write
   **Steps**
   4 · loops
   **Needs**
   inactive before and team ids
   **Install**
   `slack-archive-stale-channels`
3. ### Post a weekly activity report for key channels
   Use it when Someone wants a recurring digest of how busy a set of Slack channels has been.
   **Effect**
   write
   **Steps**
   4 · loops
   **Needs**
   channels, oldest ts and report channel
   **Install**
   `slack-channel-activity-report`
4. ### Export a Slack list and share the download
   Use it when Someone asks for the contents of a Slack list as a file they can download.
   **Effect**
   write
   **Steps**
   4
   **Needs**
   channel, job id and list id
   **Install**
   `slack-export-list-to-file`
5. ### Search for a topic and escalate what turns up
   Use it when Someone needs to know where a phrase, incident name or customer is being discussed in Slack.
   **Effect**
   write
   **Steps**
   4 · loops
   **Needs**
   escalation channel and query
   **Install**
   `slack-find-and-escalate-mentions`
6. ### Create a project channel and set it up
   Use it when A new project or workstream is starting and needs its Slack home set up in one go.
   **Effect**
   write
   **Steps**
   6
   **Needs**
   brief, member ids, name and purpose
   **Install**
   `slack-launch-project-channel`
7. ### Update a user group's members and channels
   Use it when A team roster changed and the matching Slack user group needs to match it again.
   A person decides Replace the members of user group _usergroup_ (currently _users_) and add it to _channel ids_.
   **Effect**
   write
   **Steps**
   6
   **Needs**
   channel ids, team id, user ids and usergroup
   **Install**
   `slack-usergroup-membership-sync`
8. ### Offboard a departing person from Slack
   Use it when An employee is leaving and their Slack access needs to be wound down in one pass.
   A person decides Offboard _real name_ (_email_) from Slack: clear sessions, force sign-out and set expiry _expiration ts_.
   **Effect**
   destructive
   **Steps**
   7
   **Needs**
   email, expiration ts and team id
   **Install**
   `slack-offboard-user`
9. ### Pull an app's access after a security review
   Use it when A security review decided a Slack app must lose its access to the org.
   A person decides Uninstall app _app id_ from team _team id_ and strip all of its permissions. This breaks anything relying on it.
   **Effect**
   destructive
   **Steps**
   7
   **Needs**
   app id and team id
   **Install**
   `slack-remove-app-access`

install a plan

```
account { op: "plans.install", slug: "slack-approve-app-requests" }
# then ask for it by name; a schedule can run it on a timetable
```

Governance for Slack

## Destructive actions wait for a yes.

53 Slack actions are destructive. The first 10:

- Delete — chat `slack.chat_delete`
- Delete scheduled message — chat `slack.chat_deletescheduledmessage`
- Delete — files `slack.files_delete`
- Remove — files remote `slack.files_remote_remove`
- Delete photo — users `slack.users_deletephoto`
- Uninstall — apps `slack.apps_uninstall`
- Remove — admin users `slack.admin_users_remove`
- Close — conversations `slack.conversations_close`
- Delete — admin conversations `slack.admin_conversations_delete`
- Bulk delete — admin conversations `slack.admin_conversations_bulkdelete`

A destructive action runs only with `confirm: true`. Under the `human` policy the agent cannot confirm for itself: the run stops until a named person approves, in the console or from a signed link in an email. The cap on a key is refused before the call is sent, never after.

do slack.chat_delete confirm_policy: **human**

Delete — chat?

**intent:** the user asked me to delete — chat

run suspended · waiting for a named person · key _slack-agent_ cannot confirm itself

In the console, or from an emailed signed link.

a key for this connector

```
account {
  op: "keys.create", name: "slack-agent",
  allowed_actions: ["slack.*"], cap_calls: 2000,
  confirm_policy: "human_for_writes",
  approval_rules: [
    { match: "slack.chat_delete", approver: "lead@example.com" },
    { match: "slack.chat_deletescheduledmessage", approver: "lead@example.com" },
    { match: "slack.files_delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }
  ]
}
```

Illustrative. Scoped to Slack only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed, and the destructive ones approved by a named person.

Cost

## What Slack costs on actionlake.

Every Slack action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, `check`, `cost`, `account` and any call Slack refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000.

- 1 upstream call per action all 334 Slack actions
- 334 actions page each page of a long list is one call
- 122 reads can be cached a cache hit costs nothing
- 100,000 calls a month, free paid plans from US$49 a month for 250,000

[See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing)

Action index

## Every Slack action.

334 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect.

**Administration 115**

- `slack.admin_analytics_getfile` Get file — admin analytics read
- `slack.admin_analytics_messages_activity` Activity — admin analytics messages read
- `slack.admin_analytics_messages_metadata` Metadata — admin analytics messages read
- `slack.admin_apps_activities_list` List — admin apps activities read
- `slack.admin_apps_approve` Approve — admin apps write
- `slack.admin_apps_approved_list` List — admin apps approved read
- `slack.admin_apps_clearresolution` Clear resolution — admin apps destructive
- `slack.admin_apps_config_lookup` Lookup — admin apps config read
- `slack.admin_apps_config_set` Set — admin apps config write
- `slack.admin_apps_mcp_servers_list` List — admin apps mcp servers read
- `slack.admin_apps_mcp_servers_permissions_list` List — admin apps mcp servers permissions read
- `slack.admin_apps_mcp_servers_permissions_set` Set — admin apps mcp servers permissions write
- `slack.admin_apps_permissions_add` Add — admin apps permissions write
- `slack.admin_apps_permissions_list` List — admin apps permissions read
- `slack.admin_apps_permissions_remove` Remove — admin apps permissions destructive
- `slack.admin_apps_permissions_set` Set — admin apps permissions write
- `slack.admin_apps_requests_cancel` Cancel — admin apps requests destructive
- `slack.admin_apps_requests_list` List — admin apps requests read
- `slack.admin_apps_restrict` Restrict — admin apps write
- `slack.admin_apps_restricted_list` List — admin apps restricted read
- `slack.admin_apps_uninstall` Uninstall — admin apps destructive
- `slack.admin_audit_anomaly_allow_getitem` Get item — admin audit anomaly allow read
- `slack.admin_audit_anomaly_allow_updateitem` Update item — admin audit anomaly allow write
- `slack.admin_auth_policy_assignentities` Assign entities — admin auth policy write
- `slack.admin_auth_policy_getentities` Get entities — admin auth policy read
- `slack.admin_auth_policy_removeentities` Remove entities — admin auth policy destructive
- `slack.admin_barriers_create` Create — admin barriers write
- `slack.admin_barriers_delete` Delete — admin barriers destructive
- `slack.admin_barriers_list` List — admin barriers read
- `slack.admin_barriers_update` Update — admin barriers write
- `slack.admin_conversations_archive` Archive — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_bulkarchive` Bulk archive — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_bulkdelete` Bulk delete — admin conversations destructive
- `slack.admin_conversations_bulkmove` Bulk move — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_bulksetexcludefromslackai` Bulk set exclude from slack ai — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_bulksetproperties` Bulk set properties — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_converttoprivate` Convert to private — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_converttopublic` Convert to public — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_create` Create — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_createforobjects` Create for objects — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_delete` Delete — admin conversations destructive
- `slack.admin_conversations_disconnectshared` Disconnect shared — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_ekm_listoriginalconnectedchannelinfo` List original connected channel info — admin conversations ekm read
- `slack.admin_conversations_getconversationprefs` Get conversation prefs — admin conversations read
- `slack.admin_conversations_getcustomretention` Get custom retention — admin conversations read
- `slack.admin_conversations_getteams` Get teams — admin conversations read
- `slack.admin_conversations_invite` Invite — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_linkobjects` Link objects — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_lookup` Lookup — admin conversations read
- `slack.admin_conversations_removecustomretention` Remove custom retention — admin conversations destructive
- `slack.admin_conversations_rename` Rename — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_restrictaccess_addgroup` Add group — admin conversations restrictAccess write
- `slack.admin_conversations_restrictaccess_listgroups` List groups — admin conversations restrictAccess read
- `slack.admin_conversations_restrictaccess_removegroup` Remove group — admin conversations restrictAccess destructive
- `slack.admin_conversations_search` Search — admin conversations read
- `slack.admin_conversations_setconversationprefs` Set conversation prefs — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_setcustomretention` Set custom retention — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_setteams` Set teams — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_unarchive` Unarchive — admin conversations write
- `slack.admin_conversations_unlinkobjects` Unlink objects — admin conversations destructive
- `slack.admin_emoji_add` Add — admin emoji write
- `slack.admin_emoji_addalias` Add alias — admin emoji write
- `slack.admin_emoji_list` List — admin emoji read
- `slack.admin_emoji_remove` Remove — admin emoji destructive
- `slack.admin_emoji_rename` Rename — admin emoji write
- `slack.admin_functions_list` List — admin functions read
- `slack.admin_functions_permissions_lookup` Lookup — admin functions permissions read
- `slack.admin_functions_permissions_set` Set — admin functions permissions write
- `slack.admin_inviterequests_approve` Approve — admin inviteRequests write
- `slack.admin_inviterequests_approved_list` List — admin inviteRequests approved read
- `slack.admin_inviterequests_denied_list` List — admin inviteRequests denied read
- `slack.admin_inviterequests_deny` Deny — admin inviteRequests write
- `slack.admin_inviterequests_list` List — admin inviteRequests read
- `slack.admin_roles_addassignments` Add assignments — admin roles write
- `slack.admin_roles_listassignments` List assignments — admin roles read
- `slack.admin_roles_removeassignments` Remove assignments — admin roles destructive
- `slack.admin_teams_admins_list` List — admin teams admins read
- `slack.admin_teams_create` Create — admin teams write
- `slack.admin_teams_list` List — admin teams read
- `slack.admin_teams_owners_list` List — admin teams owners read
- `slack.admin_teams_settings_info` Info — admin teams settings read
- `slack.admin_teams_settings_setdefaultchannels` Set default channels — admin teams settings write
- `slack.admin_teams_settings_setdescription` Set description — admin teams settings write
- `slack.admin_teams_settings_setdiscoverability` Set discoverability — admin teams settings write
- `slack.admin_teams_settings_seticon` Set icon — admin teams settings write
- `slack.admin_teams_settings_setname` Set name — admin teams settings write
- `slack.admin_usergroups_addchannels` Add channels — admin usergroups write
- `slack.admin_usergroups_addteams` Add teams — admin usergroups write
- `slack.admin_usergroups_listchannels` List channels — admin usergroups read
- `slack.admin_usergroups_removechannels` Remove channels — admin usergroups destructive
- `slack.admin_usergroups_removeteams` Remove teams — admin usergroups destructive
- `slack.admin_users_assign` Assign — admin users write
- `slack.admin_users_getexpiration` Get expiration — admin users read
- `slack.admin_users_invite` Invite — admin users write
- `slack.admin_users_list` List — admin users read
- `slack.admin_users_remove` Remove — admin users destructive
- `slack.admin_users_session_clearsettings` Clear settings — admin users session destructive
- `slack.admin_users_session_getsettings` Get settings — admin users session read
- `slack.admin_users_session_invalidate` Invalidate — admin users session destructive
- `slack.admin_users_session_list` List — admin users session read
- `slack.admin_users_session_reset` Reset — admin users session destructive
- `slack.admin_users_session_resetbulk` Reset bulk — admin users session destructive
- `slack.admin_users_session_setsettings` Set settings — admin users session write
- `slack.admin_users_setadmin` Set admin — admin users write
- `slack.admin_users_setexpiration` Set expiration — admin users write
- `slack.admin_users_setowner` Set owner — admin users write
- `slack.admin_users_setregular` Set regular — admin users write
- `slack.admin_users_unsupportedversions_export` Export — admin users unsupportedVersions read
- `slack.admin_workflows_collaborators_add` Add — admin workflows collaborators write
- `slack.admin_workflows_collaborators_remove` Remove — admin workflows collaborators destructive
- `slack.admin_workflows_permissions_lookup` Lookup — admin workflows permissions read
- `slack.admin_workflows_search` Search — admin workflows read
- `slack.admin_workflows_triggers_types_permissions_lookup` Lookup — admin workflows triggers types permissions read
- `slack.admin_workflows_triggers_types_permissions_set` Set — admin workflows triggers types permissions write
- `slack.admin_workflows_unpublish` Unpublish — admin workflows write

**Chat 73**

- `slack.bookmarks_add` Add — bookmarks write
- `slack.bookmarks_edit` Edit — bookmarks write
- `slack.bookmarks_list` List — bookmarks read
- `slack.bookmarks_remove` Remove — bookmarks destructive
- `slack.bots_info` Info — bots read
- `slack.calls_add` Add — calls write
- `slack.calls_end` End — calls write
- `slack.calls_info` Info — calls read
- `slack.calls_participants_add` Add — calls participants write
- `slack.calls_participants_remove` Remove — calls participants destructive
- `slack.calls_update` Update — calls write
- `slack.chat_appendstream` Append stream — chat write
- `slack.chat_delete` Delete — chat destructive
- `slack.chat_deletescheduledmessage` Delete scheduled message — chat destructive
- `slack.chat_getpermalink` Get permalink — chat read
- `slack.chat_memessage` Me message — chat write
- `slack.chat_postephemeral` Post ephemeral — chat write
- `slack.chat_postmessage` Post message — chat write
- `slack.chat_scheduledmessages_list` List — chat scheduledMessages read
- `slack.chat_schedulemessage` Schedule message — chat write
- `slack.chat_startstream` Start stream — chat write
- `slack.chat_stopstream` Stop stream — chat write
- `slack.chat_unfurl` Unfurl — chat write
- `slack.chat_update` Update — chat write
- `slack.conversations_acceptsharedinvite` Accept shared invite — conversations write
- `slack.conversations_approvesharedinvite` Approve shared invite — conversations write
- `slack.conversations_archive` Archive — conversations write
- `slack.conversations_canvases_create` Create — conversations canvases write
- `slack.conversations_close` Close — conversations destructive
- `slack.conversations_create` Create — conversations write
- `slack.conversations_declinesharedinvite` Decline shared invite — conversations write
- `slack.conversations_externalinvitepermissions_set` Set — conversations externalInvitePermissions write
- `slack.conversations_history` History — conversations read
- `slack.conversations_info` Info — conversations read
- `slack.conversations_invite` Invite — conversations write
- `slack.conversations_inviteshared` Invite shared — conversations write
- `slack.conversations_join` Join — conversations write
- `slack.conversations_kick` Kick — conversations destructive
- `slack.conversations_leave` Leave — conversations destructive
- `slack.conversations_list` List — conversations read
- `slack.conversations_listconnectinvites` List connect invites — conversations read
- `slack.conversations_mark` Mark — conversations write
- `slack.conversations_members` Members — conversations read
- `slack.conversations_open` Open — conversations write
- `slack.conversations_rename` Rename — conversations write
- `slack.conversations_replies` Replies — conversations read
- `slack.conversations_requestsharedinvite_approve` Approve — conversations requestSharedInvite write
- `slack.conversations_requestsharedinvite_deny` Deny — conversations requestSharedInvite write
- `slack.conversations_requestsharedinvite_list` List — conversations requestSharedInvite read
- `slack.conversations_setpurpose` Set purpose — conversations write
- `slack.conversations_settopic` Set topic — conversations write
- `slack.conversations_unarchive` Unarchive — conversations write
- `slack.dnd_enddnd` End dnd — dnd write
- `slack.dnd_endsnooze` End snooze — dnd write
- `slack.dnd_info` Info — dnd read
- `slack.dnd_setsnooze` Set snooze — dnd write
- `slack.dnd_teaminfo` Team info — dnd read
- `slack.emoji_list` List — emoji read
- `slack.pins_add` Add — pins write
- `slack.pins_list` List — pins read
- `slack.pins_remove` Remove — pins destructive
- `slack.reactions_add` Add — reactions write
- `slack.reactions_get` Get — reactions read
- `slack.reactions_list` List — reactions read
- `slack.reactions_remove` Remove — reactions destructive
- `slack.reminders_add` Add — reminders write
- `slack.reminders_complete` Complete — reminders write
- `slack.reminders_delete` Delete — reminders destructive
- `slack.reminders_info` Info — reminders read
- `slack.reminders_list` List — reminders read
- `slack.stars_add` Add — stars write
- `slack.stars_list` List — stars read
- `slack.stars_remove` Remove — stars destructive

**Files 33**

- `slack.canvases_access_delete` Delete — canvases access destructive
- `slack.canvases_access_set` Set — canvases access write
- `slack.canvases_create` Create — canvases write
- `slack.canvases_delete` Delete — canvases destructive
- `slack.canvases_edit` Edit — canvases write
- `slack.canvases_sections_lookup` Lookup — canvases sections read
- `slack.files_comments_delete` Delete — files comments destructive
- `slack.files_completeuploadexternal` Complete upload external — files write
- `slack.files_delete` Delete — files destructive
- `slack.files_getuploadurlexternal` Get upload u r l external — files read
- `slack.files_info` Info — files read
- `slack.files_list` List — files read
- `slack.files_remote_add` Add — files remote write
- `slack.files_remote_info` Info — files remote read
- `slack.files_remote_list` List — files remote read
- `slack.files_remote_remove` Remove — files remote destructive
- `slack.files_remote_share` Share — files remote write
- `slack.files_remote_update` Update — files remote write
- `slack.files_revokepublicurl` Revoke public u r l — files destructive
- `slack.files_sharedpublicurl` Shared public u r l — files write
- `slack.files_upload` Upload — files write
- `slack.slacklists_access_delete` Delete — slackLists access destructive
- `slack.slacklists_access_set` Set — slackLists access write
- `slack.slacklists_create` Create — slackLists write
- `slack.slacklists_download_get` Get — slackLists download read
- `slack.slacklists_download_start` Start — slackLists download write
- `slack.slacklists_items_create` Create — slackLists items write
- `slack.slacklists_items_delete` Delete — slackLists items destructive
- `slack.slacklists_items_deletemultiple` Delete multiple — slackLists items destructive
- `slack.slacklists_items_info` Info — slackLists items read
- `slack.slacklists_items_list` List — slackLists items read
- `slack.slacklists_items_update` Update — slackLists items write
- `slack.slacklists_update` Update — slackLists write

**Apps 29**

- `slack.apps_activities_list` List — apps activities read
- `slack.apps_auth_external_delete` Delete — apps auth external destructive
- `slack.apps_auth_external_get` Get — apps auth external read
- `slack.apps_connections_open` Open — apps connections write
- `slack.apps_datastore_bulkdelete` Bulk delete — apps datastore destructive
- `slack.apps_datastore_bulkget` Bulk get — apps datastore read
- `slack.apps_datastore_bulkput` Bulk put — apps datastore write
- `slack.apps_datastore_count` Count — apps datastore read
- `slack.apps_datastore_delete` Delete — apps datastore destructive
- `slack.apps_datastore_get` Get — apps datastore read
- `slack.apps_datastore_put` Put — apps datastore write
- `slack.apps_datastore_query` Query — apps datastore read
- `slack.apps_datastore_update` Update — apps datastore write
- `slack.apps_event_authorizations_list` List — apps event authorizations read
- `slack.apps_icon_set` Set — apps icon write
- `slack.apps_managed_permissions_set` Set — apps managed permissions write
- `slack.apps_manifest_create` Create — apps manifest write
- `slack.apps_manifest_delete` Delete — apps manifest destructive
- `slack.apps_manifest_export` Export — apps manifest read
- `slack.apps_manifest_update` Update — apps manifest write
- `slack.apps_manifest_validate` Validate — apps manifest read
- `slack.apps_permissions_info` Info — apps permissions read
- `slack.apps_permissions_request` Request — apps permissions write
- `slack.apps_permissions_resources_list` List — apps permissions resources read
- `slack.apps_permissions_scopes_list` List — apps permissions scopes read
- `slack.apps_permissions_users_list` List — apps permissions users read
- `slack.apps_permissions_users_request` Request — apps permissions users write
- `slack.apps_uninstall` Uninstall — apps destructive
- `slack.apps_user_connection_update` Update — apps user connection write

**Automation 19**

- `slack.functions_completeerror` Complete error — functions write
- `slack.functions_completesuccess` Complete success — functions write
- `slack.functions_distributions_permissions_add` Add — functions distributions permissions write
- `slack.functions_distributions_permissions_list` List — functions distributions permissions read
- `slack.functions_distributions_permissions_remove` Remove — functions distributions permissions destructive
- `slack.functions_distributions_permissions_set` Set — functions distributions permissions write
- `slack.functions_workflows_steps_list` List — functions workflows steps read
- `slack.functions_workflows_steps_responses_export` Export — functions workflows steps responses read
- `slack.workflows_featured_add` Add — workflows featured write
- `slack.workflows_featured_list` List — workflows featured read
- `slack.workflows_featured_remove` Remove — workflows featured destructive
- `slack.workflows_featured_set` Set — workflows featured write
- `slack.workflows_stepcompleted` Step completed — workflows write
- `slack.workflows_stepfailed` Step failed — workflows write
- `slack.workflows_triggers_permissions_add` Add — workflows triggers permissions write
- `slack.workflows_triggers_permissions_list` List — workflows triggers permissions read
- `slack.workflows_triggers_permissions_remove` Remove — workflows triggers permissions destructive
- `slack.workflows_triggers_permissions_set` Set — workflows triggers permissions write
- `slack.workflows_updatestep` Update step — workflows write

**People 13**

- `slack.users_conversations` Conversations — users read
- `slack.users_deletephoto` Delete photo — users destructive
- `slack.users_discoverablecontacts_lookup` Lookup — users discoverableContacts read
- `slack.users_getpresence` Get presence — users read
- `slack.users_identity` Identity — users read
- `slack.users_info` Info — users read
- `slack.users_list` List — users read
- `slack.users_lookupbyemail` Lookup by email — users read
- `slack.users_profile_get` Get — users profile read
- `slack.users_profile_set` Set — users profile write
- `slack.users_setactive` Set active — users write
- `slack.users_setphoto` Set photo — users write
- `slack.users_setpresence` Set presence — users write

**Auth 13**

- `slack.auth_revoke` Revoke — auth destructive
- `slack.auth_teams_list` List — auth teams read
- `slack.auth_test` Test — auth read
- `slack.oauth_access` Access — oauth write
- `slack.oauth_token` Token — oauth write
- `slack.oauth_v2_access` Access — oauth v2 write
- `slack.oauth_v2_beginshorttokenrotation` Begin short token rotation — oauth v2 write
- `slack.oauth_v2_completeshorttokenrotation` Complete short token rotation — oauth v2 write
- `slack.oauth_v2_exchange` Exchange — oauth v2 write
- `slack.oauth_v2_user_access` Access — oauth v2 user write
- `slack.openid_connect_token` Token — openid connect write
- `slack.openid_connect_userinfo` User info — openid connect read
- `slack.tooling_tokens_rotate` Rotate — tooling tokens destructive

**Tenant 9**

- `slack.team_accesslogs` Access logs — team read
- `slack.team_billableinfo` Billable info — team read
- `slack.team_billing_info` Info — team billing read
- `slack.team_externalteams_disconnect` Disconnect — team externalTeams destructive
- `slack.team_externalteams_list` List — team externalTeams read
- `slack.team_info` Info — team read
- `slack.team_integrationlogs` Integration logs — team read
- `slack.team_preferences_list` List — team preferences read
- `slack.team_profile_get` Get — team profile read

**Groups 7**

- `slack.usergroups_create` Create — usergroups write
- `slack.usergroups_disable` Disable — usergroups write
- `slack.usergroups_enable` Enable — usergroups write
- `slack.usergroups_list` List — usergroups read
- `slack.usergroups_update` Update — usergroups write
- `slack.usergroups_users_list` List — usergroups users read
- `slack.usergroups_users_update` Update — usergroups users write

**Assistant 7**

- `slack.agents_sessions_rename` Rename — agents sessions write
- `slack.agents_sessions_setstatus` Set status — agents sessions write
- `slack.assistant_search_context` Context — assistant search read
- `slack.assistant_search_info` Info — assistant search read
- `slack.assistant_threads_setstatus` Set status — assistant threads write
- `slack.assistant_threads_setsuggestedprompts` Set suggested prompts — assistant threads write
- `slack.assistant_threads_settitle` Set title — assistant threads write

**UI 6**

- `slack.blocks_validate` Validate — blocks read
- `slack.dialog_open` Open — dialog write
- `slack.views_open` Open — views write
- `slack.views_publish` Publish — views write
- `slack.views_push` Push — views write
- `slack.views_update` Update — views write

**Search 3**

- `slack.search_all` All — search read
- `slack.search_files` Files — search read
- `slack.search_messages` Messages — search read

**Entities 3**

- `slack.entity_acknowledgecommentaction` Acknowledge comment action — entity write
- `slack.entity_presentcomments` Present comments — entity read
- `slack.entity_presentdetails` Present details — entity read

**Events 2**

- `slack.rtm_connect` Connect — rtm read
- `slack.rtm_start` Start — rtm read

**Administration 1**

- `slack.migration_exchange` Exchange — migration read

**Diagnostics 1**

- `slack.api_test` Test — api read

Questions

## The Slack MCP server, answered.

**Is there a Slack MCP server for Claude?**

Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 334 Slack actions across administration, chat, files and apps, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Slack.

**Does Slack have its own MCP server?**

Slack runs a remote MCP server at mcp.slack.com. A client must be backed by a registered Slack app, published in Slack's directory or internal to your workspace, and signs in with OAuth. (Slack's documentation, checked 22 October 2026.) Use Slack's server when one person wants to work in Slack from their own AI client. Use actionlake when you also want Slack behind the same endpoint as your other systems: a key per agent with allowed actions and a spending cap, a named person's approval before destructive actions, a sealed record of every call, and one ask across Slack and another system.

**What do I need to connect Slack?**

Slack bot token (xoxb-…). The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "slack" } lists exactly what to paste.

**Can an AI agent delete or change things in Slack?**

Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 53 Slack actions are destructive, including delete — chat, delete scheduled message — chat and delete — files. Each runs only with confirm: true. Under the human confirm policy, or an approval rule on the key, the run waits until a named person approves it.

**Will an AI agent use up my Slack API limit?**

actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Slack service file: 20 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (122 Slack actions can be), which never reaches Slack.

**What does a Slack action cost?**

One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (334 Slack actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Slack refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. The Free plan includes 100,000 calls a month with no card. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000.

**Which Slack API does it cover?**

The Slack API 1 at slack.com/api. It is built from Slack's documentation as read on 15 September 2026. 334 actions in 16 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 2.0.0).

**Does actionlake keep my Slack data, and where?**

actionlake processes and stores data in Sydney, Australia; there is no US region yet. Reads may be cached for up to an hour, and a write clears the reads it affects. Each run's request and response is kept, sealed, for your plan's trace window: 1 day on Free, 3 days on Starter, 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Team, 30 days on Business and 30 days on Enterprise. Your Slack credential is sealed under your tenant's key, never logged and never returned. Your traffic is not used to train models.

**Which AI clients can use it?**

Claude Code, tested by us end to end, and the Claude app as a custom connector, tested by us with an existing key. Other MCP clients that support remote servers over Streamable HTTP (MCP revisions 2025-06-18 and 2025-11-25) and OAuth dynamic client registration, or a bearer header, should connect the same way; we have not tested them. Or plain REST, under the same action names.

## More connectors like Slack

Shares the most action names with

- [Twilio 57](https://actionlake.com/connectors/twilio)
- [RingCentral 52](https://actionlake.com/connectors/ringcentral)
- [Microsoft Teams 42](https://actionlake.com/connectors/microsoft-teams)
- [Zulip 21](https://actionlake.com/connectors/zulip)
- [Rocket.Chat 18](https://actionlake.com/connectors/rocket-chat)
- [Staffbase 18](https://actionlake.com/connectors/staffbase)

Joins with, on shared entities

- [Lark Suite 4](https://actionlake.com/connectors/lark-suite)
- [Microsoft 365 Users 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/microsoft-365-users)
- [Cloudflare 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/cloudflare)
- [NetBox 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/netbox)
- [Canvas LMS 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/canvas-lms)
- [Octopus Deploy 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/octopus-deploy)

Browse

- [All Email & messaging connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors/category/email-and-messaging)
- [All connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors)
- [How actionlake compares](https://actionlake.com/compare)

actionlake is independent. It is not made or endorsed by Slack; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the Slack service file, version 2.0.0.

## Give your agent Slack today.

[Connect Slack free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing)

Start free - 100,000 calls/month, no card. No signup. Hard caps on every key. Cached answers are free.

---

Source: https://actionlake.com/connectors/slack
More: https://actionlake.com/llms.txt