# Get Current User — Slack

> Do NOT use for a plain "who am I" / "what's my user ID" question — call Get User Details for that; it answers the same question with a far smaller payload. Do NOT use to look up a DIFFERENT, specifically-identified user (by ID or email)…

- Key: `slack_v2-get-current-user`
- Type: Action (Read-only)
- Version: 0.0.11
- App: Slack (`slack_v2`) — https://pipedream.com/apps/slack-v2.md
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/slack-v2/actions/get-current-user
- Hints: read-only · open-world
- Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/slack_v2/actions/get-current-user/get-current-user.mjs

## Description

Do NOT use for a plain "who am I" / "what's my user ID" question — call **Get User Details** for that; it answers the same question with a far smaller payload. Do NOT use to look up a DIFFERENT, specifically-identified user (by ID or email) — this only ever describes the authenticated caller; use **Find User by ID** / **Find User by Email** for someone else. Do NOT use to enumerate multiple teams/workspaces (e.g. Enterprise Grid) — use **List Teams** for that; this returns only the caller's own current team. Use this ONLY when you specifically need the full member profile: locale, timezone, presence/status, admin and owner flags, name variants, or workspace domain and enterprise metadata. Combines `auth.test`, `users.info`, `users.profile.get` and `team.info`. [See Slack API docs](https://api.slack.com/methods/auth.test).

## Run it

**MCP**

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
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 accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_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()

// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "slack_v2-get-current-user",
  arguments: {},
})
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
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-get-current-user",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    slack_v2: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
  },
})

console.log(result)
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "slack_v2-get-current-user",
    "configured_props": {
      "slack_v2": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" }
    }
  }'
```

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- App: https://pipedream.com/apps/slack-v2.md · All apps: https://pipedream.com/apps