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MCP server · Projects and team work

Slack MCP server

Lets an assistant search Slack, read channels and threads, send messages and work with canvases, files and lists.

Maintainer
Slack (Salesforce) (official)
Licence
Not published (hosted service)
Runs
Remote (URL)
Sign-in
OAuth sign-in in the app
Last activity
2026-07-31

Overview

What it does

Slack’s MCP server is hosted by Slack at mcp.slack.com and uses JSON-RPC over Streamable HTTP. It does not support SSE or dynamic client registration. Every MCP client must be backed by a registered Slack app, either published in the Slack Marketplace or internal to your organisation, and workspace admins approve these clients. Users sign in with OAuth and the server acts with a user token. The easiest route is a partner client: Slack lists Claude.ai, Claude Code, Perplexity and Cursor, and Claude Code users can install Slack’s plugin.

Use it when you want an assistant to find past decisions in Slack history, catch up on a thread or post a summary to a channel. Tools cover search across messages, files, users, channels and emoji, reading channels and threads, sending, scheduling and drafting messages, canvases, user profiles, file uploads and Slack lists. Each tool needs specific user token scopes, such as chat:write for sending. Admins can audit MCP activity in the audit logs.

Tools

What the assistant can do

  • Search messages, files, users, channels and custom emoji
  • Read channel history and full threads
  • Send, schedule and draft messages
  • Create, update and read canvases as Markdown
  • Upload files and add or read reactions
  • Create channels and list channel members
  • Create, read and update Slack lists

Install

Install Slack MCP server in your app

You need:

  • A Slack workspace where an admin has approved the MCP client
  • A client backed by a registered Slack app, such as Claude, Claude Code, Cursor or Perplexity; other clients need their own app’s client ID and secret

Run in your project. --scope local keeps the servers private to you in this project; use user for every project.

Terminal
claude mcp add --scope local --transport http slack https://mcp.slack.com/mcp
  • slack: if the server needs a sign-in, the app will ask (run /mcp in Claude Code).

Want it alongside other servers? Open Slack MCP server in the MCP config generator and add the rest; it writes one file per app. The snippets follow the setup in the server’s README, checked on 2026-10-14.

Before you install

  • The server acts with your user token. With chat:write it can post as you in any conversation you can access.
  • Slack advises care when using it alongside other MCP servers, since Slack content can flow into them.
  • App IP allowlists apply to MCP requests, and admins can review MCP activity in audit logs.
  • A remote server sees whatever the assistant sends it. Sign in with the narrowest access the service offers. See how to choose a safe server.

Why it’s listed

Why we list it

The vendor’s own hosted server for the main team chat tool, with admin approval of every client.

Related

All MCP serversMCP config generatorGuide: MCP servers in Claude CodeGuide: what is MCP?