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Slack User Lookup

Look up a Slack user by email or display name. Returns user ID, name, email, status.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
emailstring-Email address for exact lookup
namestring-Display name or real name for fuzzy search

How to use it

You normally trigger this by describing what you want in chat; the agent selects SLACK_USER_LOOKUP 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_USER_LOOKUP",
  "args": {
    "email": "name@example.com",
    "name": "…"
  },
  "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_USER_LOOKUP","args":{"email":"name@example.com","name":"…"}}'

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