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SLACK_READ

Read recent messages from a Slack channel. Returns sender, text, timestamp, and thread info.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
channelstringyesChannel ID or name
countinteger—Number of messages to retrieve (default 10, max 100)
oldeststring—Only messages after this Unix timestamp
lateststring—Only messages before this Unix timestamp

How to use it

You normally trigger this by describing what you want in chat — the agent selects SLACK_READ automatically. For example:

Try saying
“slack my slack”

In a workflow

As a step in a multi-step workflow DAG:

json
{
  "id": "s1",
  "agent": "slack",
  "action": "SLACK_READ",
  "args": {
    "channel": "…"
  },
  "depends_on": [],
  "outputs": []
}

Direct call

For scripting, call it directly via POST /execute_tool. Every tool returns { success, message, data }.

bash
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/execute_tool \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"tool_name":"SLACK_READ","args":{"channel":"…"}}'

Part of the slack plugin. Browse the full Plugin & Tool Catalog or the relevant feature guide.