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Send Direct Message

Send a direct message to a user. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Flock account once, then configure and run Send Direct Message from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "flock-send-direct-message",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    flock: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    channelId: "Channel ID",
    userId: "User ID",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Send Direct Message inputs
Property Type Description
channelId Channel ID string
The ID of the channel to send the message to. Example: g:696105_announcements
Optional Dynamic
userId User ID string
The ID of the user to send the message to. Example: u:qummtqqmvyy68qm6. Enter manually or select a channel ID to list members.
Required Dynamic
text Text string
The text of the message to send
Optional
flockml FlockML string
FlockML alternative to message text. If present this will be shown instead of message text.
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
flock-send-direct-message
Version
0.0.1
App
Flock
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes