Slack Integration
Send messages, monitor channels, manage threads, and receive notifications across your Slack workspace.
What This Skill Does
The Slack skill connects your BetterClaw agent to your Slack workspace. It can send messages to channels and DMs, monitor channels for keywords or mentions, participate in threads, react to messages, manage channel topics, and receive real-time notifications. Combined with other skills, your agent becomes a Slack-native team member that can answer questions, route requests, post updates, and escalate issues. The skill uses Slack's Bot Token API with granular permission scoping. The most common setup: pair this with the daily-briefing and task-management skills to create a complete team assistant.
Example workflow
Your support agent monitors #customer-requests for new messages, drafts a response based on your knowledge base, and posts it as a thread reply. At Intern trust level, it sends you the draft for approval before posting.
What Your Agent Can Do With Slack Integration
What Access This Skill Requires
Access granted
- Channel read access (specified channels only)
- Message send (DMs require Specialist+)
- Thread read/write
- Reaction add
- File upload to channels
Explicitly excluded
- No workspace admin access
- No channel create/delete
- No user management
- No access to private channels unless explicitly added
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Trust Level & Platforms
Recommended trust level
You can adjust the trust level up or down at any time.
Compatible platforms
Skills That Pair Well
Google Workspace
GitHub
n8n Workflow
Tavily Search
Slack Integration: Common Questions
What does the Slack skill do in OpenClaw?
The Slack skill lets your OpenClaw agent send and read messages, monitor channels for keywords or mentions, manage threads, react to messages, and post formatted updates. Your agent can respond to team questions, deliver daily standups, and route alerts to the right channels automatically.
Can the Slack skill read private channels?
Only if you explicitly invite the agent bot to the private channel. The skill respects Slack workspace permissions. It cannot access channels it has not been added to, and BetterClaw's workspace scoping ensures the agent only operates within boundaries you define.
Does the Slack skill work alongside other channel integrations?
Yes. A single BetterClaw agent can connect to Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, Telegram, Teams, and other platforms simultaneously. Memory is shared across all channels, so your agent has full context regardless of where the conversation happens.
Is the Slack integration skill free on BetterClaw?
Yes. The Slack skill is included with every BetterClaw agent at $19/month. No extra fees for installation or usage. It is security-audited and runs inside a Docker-sandboxed environment.
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