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SLACK_SET_TOPIC

Set the topic and/or purpose of a Slack channel.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
channelstringyesChannel ID or name
topicstring—New channel topic
purposestring—New channel purpose

How to use it

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

Try saying
“use slack to slack …”

In a workflow

As a step in a multi-step workflow DAG:

json
{
  "id": "s1",
  "agent": "slack",
  "action": "SLACK_SET_TOPIC",
  "args": {
    "channel": "…",
    "topic": "…",
    "purpose": "…"
  },
  "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_SET_TOPIC","args":{"channel":"…","topic":"…","purpose":"…"}}'

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