OpenClaw · Skill

slack

Use the Slack tool to react, pin/unpin, send, edit, delete messages, or fetch Slack member info.

Skills
vOfficial

Install

Start with the primary install command. Alternate entrypoints are included below for ClawHub and OpenClaw CLI users.

Primary command

openclaw install openclaw/slack

ClawHub installer

npx clawhub@latest install openclaw/slack

OpenClaw CLI

openclaw skills install openclaw/slack

What this skill does

Use the Slack tool to react, pin/unpin, send, edit, delete messages, or fetch Slack member info.

Typical use cases

Install this skill when you want a reusable OpenClaw workflow with clearer instructions than a one-off prompt.

Source instructions

Slack Actions

Overview

Use slack to react, manage pins, send/edit/delete messages, and fetch member info. The tool uses the bot token configured for OpenClaw.

Inputs to collect

  • channelId and messageId (Slack message timestamp, e.g. 1712023032.1234).
  • For reactions, an emoji (Unicode or :name:).
  • For message sends, a to target (channel:<id> or user:<id>) and content.

Message context lines include slack message id and channel fields you can reuse directly.

Actions

Action groups

| Action group | Default | Notes | | ------------ | ------- | ---------------------- | | reactions | enabled | React + list reactions | | messages | enabled | Read/send/edit/delete | | pins | enabled | Pin/unpin/list | | memberInfo | enabled | Member info | | emojiList | enabled | Custom emoji list |

React to a message

{
  "action": "react",
  "channelId": "C123",
  "messageId": "1712023032.1234",
  "emoji": "✅"
}

List reactions

{
  "action": "reactions",
  "channelId": "C123",
  "messageId": "1712023032.1234"
}

Send a message

{
  "action": "sendMessage",
  "to": "channel:C123",
  "content": "Hello from OpenClaw"
}

Edit a message

{
  "action": "editMessage",
  "channelId": "C123",
  "messageId": "1712023032.1234",
  "content": "Updated text"
}

Delete a message

{
  "action": "deleteMessage",
  "channelId": "C123",
  "messageId": "1712023032.1234"
}

Read recent messages

{
  "action": "readMessages",
  "channelId": "C123",
  "limit": 20
}

Pin a message

{
  "action": "pinMessage",
  "channelId": "C123",
  "messageId": "1712023032.1234"
}

Unpin a message

{
  "action": "unpinMessage",
  "channelId": "C123",
  "messageId": "1712023032.1234"
}

List pinned items

{
  "action": "listPins",
  "channelId": "C123"
}

Member info

{
  "action": "memberInfo",
  "userId": "U123"
}

Emoji list

{
  "action": "emojiList"
}

Ideas to try

  • React with ✅ to mark completed tasks.
  • Pin key decisions or weekly status updates.

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