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Bot for Slack ACTION

Invite User to Channel

Invite a user to an existing channel (Bot). See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Bot for Slack account once, then configure and run Invite User to Channel 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: "slack_bot-invite-user-to-channel",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    slack_bot: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    conversation: "Channel",
    user: "User",
  },
})

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.

Invite User to Channel inputs
Property Type Description
conversation Channel string
Select a public or private channel, or a user or group. In order to list a Slack channel, your bot must be a member of that channel, and in order to list private channels, your bot must have the groups:read scope in the OAuth & Permissions settings in Slack for this bot.
Required Dynamic
user User string
Select a user
Required Dynamic

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
slack_bot-invite-user-to-channel
Version
0.0.5
App
Bot for Slack
Authentication
API key
Behavior
May modify external data