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slack

Use when you need to control Slack from Brigade via the slack tool, including reacting to messages or pinning/unpinning items in Slack channels or DMs.

SKILL.md

---
name: slack
description: Use when you need to control Slack from Brigade via the slack tool, including reacting to messages or pinning/unpinning items in Slack channels or DMs.
metadata: { "brigade": { "emoji": "💬", "requires": { "config": ["channels.slack"] } } }
---

# 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 Brigade.

## 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

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

### List reactions

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

### Send a message

```json
{
  "action": "sendMessage",
  "to": "channel:C123",
  "content": "Hello from Brigade"
}
```

### Edit a message

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

### Delete a message

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

### Read recent messages

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

### Pin a message

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

### Unpin a message

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

### List pinned items

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

### Member info

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

### Emoji list

```json
{
  "action": "emojiList"
}
```

## Ideas to try

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

When Claude will use it

Use when you need to control Slack from Brigade via the slack tool, including reacting to messages or pinning/unpinning items in Slack channels or DMs.