Slack

Search Slack messages and read thread replies using ./scripts/slack.cs.

dotnet run ./scripts/slack.cs search --query "deployment issue" --max-results 10

Prerequisites

Requires SLACK_API_TOKEN environment variable with a bot or user OAuth token that has appropriate scopes (e.g., search:read, channels:history, users:read).

Search Messages

Search for messages matching a query:

dotnet run ./scripts/slack.cs search --query "deployment issue" --max-results 10

Options:

• --query (required): Search terms
• --max-results: Number of results (default 10)

Returns JSON array with position, text, channel, ts, permalink, user_id, user_name.

Read Thread

Read all replies in a thread using channel ID and thread timestamp:

dotnet run ./scripts/slack.cs thread --channel C12345678 --thread-ts 1763045400.882969

Or use a permalink URL:

dotnet run ./scripts/slack.cs thread --permalink "https://example.com/archives/C12345678/p1763045400882969"

Options:

• --channel (required unless using permalink): Channel ID
• --thread-ts (required unless using permalink): Parent message timestamp
• --permalink: Slack permalink URL (extracts channel and thread_ts automatically)
• --max-results: Max replies to return (default 100)

Returns JSON array with index, user_id, user_name, text, ts, thread_ts.

Typical Workflow

1. Search for relevant messages with search --query "..."
2. Review results to find threads of interest (note the permalink or channel/ts)
3. Use thread with the channel and timestamp to read full thread context