Slack channel management, message fetching, searching, and AI categorization. Use this skill when searching Slack channels, reading messages, creating channels, or categorizing message content. Triggers on Slack-related operations, channel search, message history, or internal communications analysis.
From caspernpx claudepluginhub casper-studios/casper-marketplace --plugin casperThis skill uses the workspace's default tool permissions.
references/categorize.mdreferences/create-channel.mdreferences/fetch-news.mdreferences/search.mdscripts/categorize_slack_messages.pyscripts/create_slack_channel.pyscripts/fetch_slack_news.pyscripts/slack_search.pySearches, retrieves, and installs Agent Skills from prompts.chat registry using MCP tools like search_skills and get_skill. Activates for finding skills, browsing catalogs, or extending Claude.
Searches prompts.chat for AI prompt templates by keyword or category, retrieves by ID with variable handling, and improves prompts via AI. Use for discovering or enhancing prompts.
Compares coding agents like Claude Code and Aider on custom YAML-defined codebase tasks using git worktrees, measuring pass rate, cost, time, and consistency.
Interact with Slack workspaces for channel management, message reading, and content analysis. All operations are read-only unless creating channels.
What do you need?
│
├── Search for channels by name
│ └── references/search.md
│ └── Script: scripts/slack_search.py search
│
├── Read messages from a channel
│ └── references/fetch-news.md
│ └── Script: scripts/fetch_slack_news.py
│
├── Create a new channel
│ └── references/create-channel.md
│ └── Script: scripts/create_slack_channel.py
│
└── Categorize/analyze messages
└── references/categorize.md
└── Script: scripts/categorize_slack_messages.py
# Required in .env
SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xoxb-your-bot-token
| Scope | Purpose |
|---|---|
channels:read | List public channels |
channels:history | Read public channel messages |
groups:read | List private channels |
groups:history | Read private channel messages |
channels:manage | Create channels |
python scripts/slack_search.py search "internal" --limit 10
python scripts/slack_search.py read "internal-client" --days 7
python scripts/create_slack_channel.py "project-alpha" --private
For client channels: internal-{client-name}
internal-microsoft, internal-acme-corpFree - Slack API has no per-request cost. Rate limited to ~50 requests/minute.
SLACK_BOT_TOKEN in .env file (never commit to git)xoxb- - never expose in logs or outputchannels:read - List public channels (read-only)channels:history - Read public channel messages (read-only)groups:read - List private channels bot is in (read-only)groups:history - Read private channel messages (read-only)channels:manage - Create channels (write access)Symptoms: "channel_not_found" error when reading or posting Cause: Invalid channel ID, bot not in channel, or private channel Solution:
slack_search.py search)/invite @botname)Symptoms: "missing_scope" or "not_allowed_token_type" error Cause: Bot token missing required OAuth scopes Solution:
channels:read, channels:history, etc.xoxb-)Symptoms: "invalid_auth" or "token_revoked" error Cause: OAuth token expired, revoked, or incorrectly configured Solution:
.env for correct SLACK_BOT_TOKEN valueSymptoms: "ratelimited" error or 429 status code Cause: Too many API requests in short period Solution:
Symptoms: Can't read private channel despite having scopes Cause: Bot not added to the private channel Solution:
/invite @botnamegroups:read and groups:history scopes are addedSkills: slack-automation → content-generation Use case: Summarize internal news for weekly newsletter Flow:
Skills: slack-automation → transcript-search Use case: Find related meetings when researching Slack discussions Flow:
Skills: slack-automation → google-workspace Use case: Archive categorized Slack summaries to Google Drive Flow: