Slack Tool

External tool for Slack messaging, search, reactions, and channel management.

Invocation via Bash

Use Bash with animaworks-tool slack <subcommand> [args]:

animaworks-tool slack send CHANNEL MESSAGE [--thread TS]
animaworks-tool slack messages CHANNEL [-n 20]
animaworks-tool slack search KEYWORD [-c CHANNEL] [-n 50]
animaworks-tool slack unreplied [--json]
animaworks-tool slack channels

Actions

send — Send message

{"tool_name": "slack", "action": "send", "args": {"channel": "#channel-name", "message": "text", "thread": "thread ts (optional)"}}

messages — Get messages

{"tool_name": "slack", "action": "messages", "args": {"channel": "#channel-name", "limit": 20}}

search — Search messages

{"tool_name": "slack", "action": "search", "args": {"keyword": "search term", "channel": "#channel (optional)", "limit": 50}}

unreplied — Check unreplied messages

{"tool_name": "slack", "action": "unreplied", "args": {}}

channels — List channels

{"tool_name": "slack", "action": "channels", "args": {}}

react — Add emoji reaction

{"tool_name": "slack", "action": "react", "args": {"channel": "#channel-name", "emoji": "thumbsup", "message_ts": "message timestamp"}}

• emoji: Slack emoji name without colons (e.g. thumbsup, eyes, white_check_mark)
• message_ts: Timestamp of the target message (available from messages action results)

CLI Usage (S/C/D/G-mode)

animaworks-tool slack send CHANNEL MESSAGE [--thread TS]
animaworks-tool slack messages CHANNEL [-n 20]
animaworks-tool slack search KEYWORD [-c CHANNEL] [-n 50]
animaworks-tool slack unreplied [--json]
animaworks-tool slack channels

The react action is not available via CLI. Use MCP instead.

Notes

• Slack Bot Token must be configured in credentials
• Channel can be specified with # prefix or by channel ID
• Reactions require the reactions:write scope