slack_search_messages
Slack · macOS · Windows
Effect: read (strongest supported action). Status: gated.
Gated means the tool requires an installed app, a connected account, permission, or runtime availability. Check those requirements on the listed platform before using it.
macOS
Purpose
Searches Slack messages. Optionally restrict to a specific channel_id. A hit whose `text` is the marker "[body not included in this search result]" (with `body_missing: true`) DID match — its body was lost by the reader, not empty. Read it with slack_read_channel_messages on its channel_id; never report it to the user as an empty message. Direct messages come back as an unresolved id rather than a name; slack_list_channels maps ids to names.
Required inputs
query— Search text (case-insensitive substring match)
Permissions and confirmation
No explicit confirmation parameter is exposed in this snapshot. This does not grant permission to act: obtain user authorization before any real action.
- Use only the apps, accounts and resources authorized by the user on this platform. Consult this tool's platform-specific description for its connection and permission requirements; this catalog does not assert additional OAuth scopes or OS entitlements.
Full input schema — macOS
{
"properties": {
"channel_id": {
"description": "Optional channel ID to restrict search",
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"description": "Max results to return (default 50)",
"type": "integer"
},
"query": {
"description": "Search text (case-insensitive substring match)",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"type": "object"
}Documentation example
Do not execute this example. These concrete inputs refer to a fictional demonstration dataset. Resolve real handles and obtain user authorization before any real call.
{
"query": "launch checklist"
}Windows
Purpose
Searches messages across Slack channels.
Required inputs
query— Search term
Permissions and confirmation
No explicit confirmation parameter is exposed in this snapshot. This does not grant permission to act: obtain user authorization before any real action.
- Use only the apps, accounts and resources authorized by the user on this platform. Consult this tool's platform-specific description for its connection and permission requirements; this catalog does not assert additional OAuth scopes or OS entitlements.
Full input schema — Windows
{
"properties": {
"limit": {
"description": "Maximum results (default: 20)",
"type": "number"
},
"query": {
"description": "Search term",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"type": "object"
}Documentation example
Do not execute this example. These concrete inputs refer to a fictional demonstration dataset. Resolve real handles and obtain user authorization before any real call.
{
"query": "launch checklist"
}