Slack MCP server
MCP server for Slack — read/write messages, manage threads, and react to messages.
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Slack tools
No tool declarations could be read from the package source. They show once the server is installed.
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-27 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- Code scan57 source files scanned25/25
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
- Maintenancelast push 28 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year9/10
How Slack compares
Against every graded Productivity MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 85/100
- higher than 65% of 1,299 Productivity servers
- GitHub stars
- 80
- more than 91% of 854 Productivity servers
Install Slack in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
Runs npx -y slack-workspace-mcp-server on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.
claude mcp add slack -- npx -y slack-workspace-mcp-server
What the publisher says
From the Slack repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
PulseMCP's MCP Servers
We build reliable servers thoughtfully designed for MCP Client-powered workflows.
Design principles
You can have confidence that any Pulse-branded MCP server was built with these north stars in mind:
- Purpose-built. LLM-powered MCP clients offer uniquely new user interaction patterns that necessitate a different layer of abstraction than the REST API's from a pre-AI era. We thoughtfully scope drawing lines like building a new server, versus incorporating a new feature in another server. Or deciding where one slew of REST API endpoints might be better packaged as a single Tool call. And more.
- Easy set up. Many MCP servers die before ever getting a chance to be used. We offer guides and a frustration-free experience to get going with our MCP servers inside your favorite MCP clients.
- Time savings. By minimizing the number of tool chain steps or conversational turns you need to accomplish a task, our MCP servers will save you (and your agents) time waiting for a task to be completed.
- Inference cost savings. By minimizing the number of tokens you need to consume to a accomplish a task, our MCP servers will save you on your LLM inference bills.
- Reliability. You should have confidence that you can deploy our servers in a production application serving mass market consumers or business clients.
- Future-proof. We sit on the bleeding edge of the MCP specification, working to push the ecosystem forward. As such, you can be sure that if you commit to baking our server into your workflow, it will self-improve over time to take advantage of the latest and greatest MCP features.
Servers Available
Productionized Servers
These are PulseMCP-branded servers that we intend to maintain indefinitely as our own offerings.
The MCP Registry column controls whether the server is published to the official MCP Registry (com.pulsemcp/) by the publish-mcp-registry.yml workflow.
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
Slack: common questions
- Is Slack MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (85/100). Read the Slack safety report
- How do I install Slack?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
- Does Slack need an API key?
- Yes. The registry entry asks for
SLACK_BOT_TOKEN. - Is Slack maintained?
- The last commit was 66 days ago (2026-08-30). The latest release is v0.0.7.
- What can I use instead of Slack?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Agent-Native Dispatch MCP server, Buoy Gg MCP server and iCloud MCP server.
- How does Slack compare with other Productivity MCP servers?
- safety score 85/100 (higher than 65% of 1,299 Productivity servers); github stars 80 (more than 91% of 854 Productivity servers). Full comparison.
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- iCloud MCPApple Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Reminders, Notes, Messages and Safari via AppleScript or iCloudnot reviewedEstablishedB
- Apple Tools (Unified)Unified Apple ecosystem MCP server for macOS: Mail, Calendar, Notes, Files, Messages, and more.not reviewedEstablishedA
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