SlackSlackCommunity

Send a Slack message to a channel or thread

slack.slack.message.send

Post a message to a Slack channel, or reply in a thread

Price: freeAt provider cost
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Latency p50: ——
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POSThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/slack.slack.message.sendPreview

Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

chat:write posts to channels the bot is in; chat:write.public covers any public channel without joining. Private channels always require an /invite. Response returns the new message's `ts`, which is what thread_ts and reactions.add take

This tool has no parameters. See provider docs ↗ Provider docs

Code samples

Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.

Preview

curl -X POST 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/slack.slack.message.send' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/slack.slack.message.send",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/slack.slack.message.send", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.text());

This gateway API is in preview; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at free, including the service fee.