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Slack ACTION

Search

Search Slack messages and files using the Real-Time Search API. Supports keyword and semantic search across public and private channels. Use Get User Details first to find your user ID for filtering by 'my' messages. Returns matching messages with channel context, timestamps, and permalinks. User mentions come back in the canonical <@U123> form; echo it verbatim to post a real mention. Display names are returned separately as mentions, an array of { id, name } objects, omitted when no mention carried a name. Do NOT splice a name back inline: Slack renders <@U123|Name> as literal text, not a mention. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Read only
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Slack account once, then configure and run Search 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_v2-search",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    slack_v2: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    query: "Query",
    channelTypes: "Channel Types",
  },
})

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.

Search inputs
Property Type Description
query Query string
The search query. Supports Slack search syntax — e.g. from:@user, in:#channel, before:2025-01-01.
Required
channelTypes Channel Types string
Comma-separated channel types to search. Default: public_channel,private_channel.
Optional
limit Max Results integer
Maximum number of results to return.
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
slack_v2-search
Version
0.1.3
App
Slack
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
Yes
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes