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Search Slack messages and post Slack messages.

When to use: Use this for Slack message discovery, channel history, thread replies, user lookup, and posting to channels.

Example

The call

tool call

{
  "tool": "slack",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "search_messages",
    "query": "export timeout in:#eng"
  }
}

Needs a Slack token or a connected workspace

So it isn't run here, and no output is shown: nothing on this page is made up.

Name	Type	Description
action*	string	—`search_messagespost_messagelist_channelschannel_historyget_thread_repliesuser_lookup`
query	string	—
channel	string	Slack channel ID for posting, history, or thread lookups
text	string	—
limit	integer	—
thread_ts	string	Slack thread timestamp for replies or threaded posting
email	string	User email for user_lookup
user_query	string	Name, display name, or email fragment for Slack user lookup

* required

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