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SLACK_SEND_DM

Send a direct message to a user. Accepts user ID, display name, or email for lookup.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
userstringyesUser ID (U01234), display name, or email address
textstringyesMessage content
blocksstring—Optional Block Kit JSON string

How to use it

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

Try saying
“send a message to the team channel”

In a workflow

As a step in a multi-step workflow DAG:

json
{
  "id": "s1",
  "agent": "slack",
  "action": "SLACK_SEND_DM",
  "args": {
    "user": "…",
    "text": "…",
    "blocks": "…"
  },
  "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_SEND_DM","args":{"user":"…","text":"…","blocks":"…"}}'

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