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CONNECT APP

Build with Slack

Slack is the AI-powered platform for work bringing all of your conversations, apps, and customers together in one place. Around the world, Slack is helping businesses of all sizes grow and send productivity through the roof.

Communication

  • OAuth

MCP

Give your agent Slack tools

Every Slack action is exposed as an MCP tool on Pipedream's remote server. Point a client at it with your end user's ID and Connect resolves that user's Slack account for each tool call — you store no tokens.

// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "slack_v2",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// e.g. run Send Message to Channel:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "slack_v2-send-message-to-channel",
  arguments: {
    conversation: "Channel",
    text: "Text",
  },
})

API PROXY

Call the Slack API directly

For an endpoint with no pre-built tool, the Connect proxy forwards your request to the Slack API with the connected user's credentials attached. You store no tokens and write no refresh logic.

const resp = await pd.proxy.get({
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  accountId: "apn_xxxxxxx",
  url: "https://slack.com/api/users.profile.get",
})

// Any allowed Slack endpoint works here. Pipedream attaches the
// connected account's credentials to the outgoing request.

SDK

Run Slack actions from your backend

Connect a user's Slack account once, then run Send Message to Channel on their behalf from your own code — TypeScript, Python, or plain HTTP.

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_v2-send-message-to-channel",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    slack_v2: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    conversation: "Channel",
    text: "Text",
  },
})

TOOLS

Slack actions

On-demand operations your product or agent can configure and run on behalf of a connected user.

MULTI-APP

Use Slack with other popular apps

Most products don't stop at one integration. Pair Slack with the other apps your users rely on, and ship use cases that span both.

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REFERENCE

App details

Reference metadata for the Slack connector in the Pipedream registry.

App slug
slack_v2
Authentication
OAuth
Categories
Communication
Actions
50
Triggers
9
API proxy
Available

OAuth scopes

These are the scopes Pipedream's managed Slack OAuth client requests when one of your users connects an account. Supply your own OAuth client to request a different set.

  • chat:write
  • chat:write.customize
  • chat:write.public
  • files:read