Slack

slack wraps the Slack Web API. One instance carries one set of Slack credentials (bot token + optional user OAuth) and exposes read + write ops over channels, threads, users, messages, and reactions.

This is the outbound Slack surface — what a workflow or LLM calls to do something on Slack. The inbound surface (events arriving in real time) is the Slack channel; the two are separate modules but normally configured together. The connector row also stores per-instance OAuth app credentials for the Connect Account user-token flow.

Source	internal/connectors/slack/
Key	slack
Icon	💬
Tier	builtin (every wick app)
Health check	✅ — Test Integration button on the row runs every API the connector depends on
OAuth	✅ — global app credentials live on this row

Configs

The Slack row holds credentials for both the connector ops and the Slack channel. The exact field set is form-rendered from the Configs struct — all fields are always visible in the admin form:

Field	Type	Purpose
AuthMode	dropdown	bot_token (default) or user_token — selects which token the runtime reads when making API calls.
BotToken	secret	xoxb-… token used by every connector op when AuthMode=bot_token.
UserToken	secret	xoxp-… user OAuth token, used when AuthMode=user_token. Set after the operator clicks Connect Account when ClientID is configured, or paste manually.
ClientID	string	Slack OAuth App Client ID. Required to activate the Connect Account button for the user-token OAuth flow. Lives on this instance row, not in a shared server setting.
ClientSecret	secret	Slack OAuth App Client Secret. Required for the token exchange step of the Connect Account flow. Lives on this instance row.

OAuth app credentials (ClientID / ClientSecret) are now per-instance — different Slack connector rows can use different Slack apps. Enable the Connect Account flow by setting both fields and enabling EnableSSO in the Access Policy section.

The Test Integration button at the top of the row runs each API the connector needs in parallel (~5s budget) and reports only failures — auth.test, users.list, conversations.list, chat.postMessage dry-run, etc. See Channels ▶ Integration health check for the equivalent on the channel side.

Operations (read)

Op	Input	What it does
list_channels	types, exclude_archived, name_contains, limit, cursor	List channels visible to the bot. Paginated via cursor.
search_channels	query, limit	Substring search by channel name (case-insensitive).
get_channel_info	channel	Metadata for one channel — topic, purpose, creator, created.
get_channel_history	channel, limit, oldest, latest, cursor	Recent messages. Top-level only — use get_thread_replies for threaded replies.
get_thread_replies	channel, ts, limit, cursor	Parent + every reply under a thread.
list_users	limit, cursor	Workspace members. Email requires users:read.email scope.
get_user_info	user	Profile for one user ID.
get_user_by_email	email	Resolve a workspace user by email. Pair with channel:slack.open_dm to DM them.
get_permalink	channel, ts	Permalink URL for a message ts.

All read ops are connector.Op (non-destructive).

Operations (write — destructive, opt-in per row)

Op	Input	What it does
send_message	channel, text, blocks, thread_ts, reply_broadcast, unfurl_links, mrkdwn	Post a message to a channel / DM / thread.
send_ephemeral	channel, user, text, blocks, thread_ts	Visible only to user.
update_message	channel, ts, text, blocks	Edit an existing message.
delete_message	channel, ts	Delete by ts.
add_reaction	channel, ts, name	Emoji reaction (name without colons).
remove_reaction	channel, ts, name	Remove a reaction.

Every write op is connector.OpDestructive — enabled by default on every new row. Admins can disable individual ops per (row, op) at /manager/connectors/slack/{id}. The MCP layer appends a destructive warning to these ops' descriptions so the LLM confirms before calling.

Quirks worth knowing

• channel accepts a channel ID (C…), DM ID (D…), user ID (U… — auto-opens DM), or #name (only resolves when the bot is already a member).
• thread_ts is always the parent message ts — replying to a reply still uses the root ts.
• get_channel_history returns only top-level messages. Walk thread replies with get_thread_replies against each parent ts.
• oldest / latest are Slack ts strings ("1700000000.000100"), not RFC3339.
• Pagination uses cursor from response_metadata.next_cursor; limit caps the per-call page (max 1000), not the total.
• Email lookup requires the users:read.email scope; without it the profile.email field is empty in list_users output.
• Rate limit: 1 msg/sec per channel for send_message. Bursts get queued then 429.
• blocks overrides text for rendering, but Slack still wants non-empty text for the notification preview — always set both.

Workflow integration

Slack ops are a common right-hand side of a workflow connector node:

- id: notify
  type: connector
  module: slack
  op: send_message
  arg_modes:
    text: expression
  args:
    channel: "#alerts"
    text: "New ticket from {{.Node.trigger.payload.user}}: {{.Node.trigger.payload.text}}"

Channel-node actions

For Slack actions that aren't 1:1 with a plain Web API call — modals, ephemerals, App Home, slash-command replies — use a channel node (channel: slack) and pick the action with op. These are wired to the live Slack API and complement the connector ops above.

op	Destructive	Inputs	Returns
send_message	no	channel, text, thread_ts?	ts, channel
reply_thread	no	channel, thread, text	ts
send_dm	no	user, text	ts, channel
send_ephemeral	no	channel, user, text	ts
update_message	yes	channel, ts, text	ts
react	no	channel, message_ts, emoji	ok
open_modal	no	trigger_id, view	view_id, view_hash
update_modal	no	view_id, view, view_hash?	view_id
push_modal	no	trigger_id, view	view_id, view_hash
open_dm	no	user	channel
publish_home	no	user_id, view	view_id
respond_url	no	response_url, text?, replace_original?, delete_original?, response_type?	ok

- id: ask
  type: channel
  channel: slack
  op: open_modal
  args:
    trigger_id: "{{.Node.trigger.payload.trigger_id}}"
    view: "{{.Node.build_view.result}}"

Notes:

• view is a Slack Block Kit view JSON (string or object). Build it with a transform node upstream.
• open_modal / push_modal need a fresh trigger_id — Slack expires it ~3s after the interaction, so the path from inbound event to the modal op must be short.
• react is idempotent — re-adding an existing emoji is a no-op, not an error.

See Workflows ▶ channel node.

See also

• Channels ▶ Slack — inbound side (events, access control, picker, hot-reload).
• Workflows — using these ops + channel actions in a DAG.
• HTTP / REST — fallback for any Slack Web API call wick hasn't typed yet.