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Bot for Slack ACTION

Set Channel Description

Change the description or purpose of a 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 Set Channel Description 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-set-channel-description",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    slack_bot: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    conversation: "Channel",
    purpose: "Purpose",
  },
})

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.

Set Channel Description 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
purpose Purpose string
Text of the new channel purpose.
Required

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-set-channel-description
Version
0.0.3
App
Bot for Slack
Authentication
API key
Behavior
May modify external data