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Slack MCP

Lets Claude read channels, search messages and post updates in your Slack workspace.

FreeBy Slack
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What is it?

Slack's official hosted connector gives Claude a seat in your workspace, with the same access you have. Ask it to catch you up on a channel, find that link someone posted last week, or post the deploy summary it just wrote.

A workspace admin has to approve the integration once, which is a good thing. Slack also publishes a Claude Code plugin that sets this up for you.

What Claude can do once it's connected

  • Search messages, files and people
  • Read a channel or a thread and summarise it
  • Send or schedule a message, or draft one for you to send
  • Create and update canvases and lists
  • Add reactions and upload files

Install in Claude Code

Open your terminal in the project folder and run:

Command
claude mcp add --transport http slack https://mcp.slack.com/mcp

You'll be asked to sign in or paste an API key the first time you use it.

Who it's for

Teams who coordinate in Slack and want Claude's work to show up there.

Best for

  • Catching up on channels
  • Posting status updates
  • Finding old messages

Why it made the list

It is the official server, and the community token-based alternatives have been archived or are fragile.

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