Slack MCP and Skills Plugin
A Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex plugin that brings Slack into your AI tools with a Slack MCP Server and set of Slack skills for both users and developers.
Installation
Claude Code
The plugin is published on the official Claude marketplace. Install it from inside Claude Code:
/plugin install slack@claude-plugins-official
The Slack MCP server is configured automatically. You'll be prompted to authenticate to your Slack workspace via OAuth on first use.
Cursor
The plugin is published on the official Cursor Marketplace. Install it from inside Cursor:
/add-plugin slack
This installs the skills, commands, and MCP server together. You'll be prompted to authenticate to your Slack workspace via OAuth on first use.
Codex
The plugin is published as a Codex marketplace in this repository. Add the marketplace, then install the plugin:
codex plugin marketplace add slackapi/slack-skills-plugin
codex plugin add slack@slack
Start a new Codex session to pick up the plugin, then invoke a skill by name with a $ mention, for example $block-kit.
Codex support currently ships the skills only; the MCP server is not yet wired into the Codex surface.
Other agents
The skills install into other coding agents with npx skills, no plugin marketplace required:
# Install the skills for a coding agent, named by its own identifier
npx skills add slackapi/slack-skills-plugin -y -a <agent>
# For example, Gemini CLI or OpenCode
npx skills add slackapi/slack-skills-plugin -y -a gemini-cli
npx skills add slackapi/slack-skills-plugin -y -a opencode
Other popular agents include crush, devin, hermes-agent, openclaw, and pi. See supported agents for the full list of agents and their identifiers. Add -g to install for your user instead of the current project.
The -y flag installs every skill without prompting. Drop it to choose skills from a list, or pass -s <skill> to name the ones you want.
This path carries the skills only: no commands, and no MCP server.
Features
MCP Server
The plugin connects your AI tool to Slack's hosted MCP server:
- Search - find messages, files, users, and channels (public and private)
- Messaging - send and schedule messages, read channels, follow threads, add reactions
- Canvas - create, read, and update canvas documents
- Users - read profiles and list channel members
Skills
Nine skills load on demand to handle messaging tasks and developer workflows:
slack:slack-messaging- composing well-formatted, effective Slack messagesslack:slack-search- finding messages, files, channels, and peopleslack:slack-api- discovering and calling Slack Web API methodsslack:slack-docs- finding and reading the right Slack developer docs pageslack:slack-cli- using the Slack CLI to create, run, and manage appsslack:create-slack-app- building a Slack app or agent with the CLI and Boltslack:test-slack-app- running an app somewhere safe and confirming it works in Slackslack:deploy-slack-app- deploying a Socket Mode app to Railway or Heroku as a separate, always-on Slack appslack:block-kit- building and validating Block Kit layouts
Commands
Five slash commands for common Slack workflows:
/slack:summarize-channel <channel-name>- Summarize recent activity in a Slack channel/slack:find-discussions <topic>- Find discussions about a specific topic across Slack channels/slack:draft-announcement <topic>- Draft a well-formatted Slack announcement and save it as a draft/slack:standup- Generate a standup update based on your recent Slack activity/slack:channel-digest <channel1, channel2, ...>- Get a digest of recent activity across multiple Slack channels
Usage examples
Once installed, talk to your tool in natural language:
- "Search for messages about the product launch from the last week"
- "Send a message to #general saying the deployment is complete"
- "Summarize the last day of activity in #engineering"
- "Draft an announcement about the new pricing page"
- "Create a new Slack app using Bolt for Python"
- "Build a Block Kit feedback modal with a rating select and a comments field"
- "Validate the Block Kit JSON in ./modal.json"
Documentation
Limitations
- Workspace admin approval. Your Slack workspace admin must approve MCP integration before you can authenticate.
Contributing
We welcome contributions from everyone! Please check out our contributor's guide for guidelines on opening issues and pull requests.
Working on the plugin itself? See the maintainer's guide for local development setup.
