Slack

Slack is a business communication platform that offers teams a unified place for messaging, tools, and files. With Slack, you can:

• Automate agent notifications: Send real-time updates from your Klyntos agents to any Slack channel
• Create webhook endpoints: Configure Slack bots as webhooks to trigger Klyntos workflows from Slack activities
• Enhance agent workflows: Integrate Slack messaging into your agents to deliver results, alerts, and status updates
• Create and share Slack canvases: Programmatically generate collaborative documents (canvases) in Slack channels
• Read messages from channels: Retrieve and process recent messages from any Slack channel for monitoring or workflow triggers

In Klyntos, the Slack integration enables your agents to programmatically interact with Slack in several ways as part of their workflows:

• Send messages: Agents can send formatted messages to any Slack channel or user, supporting Slack's mrkdwn syntax for rich formatting.
• Create canvases: Agents can create and share Slack canvases (collaborative documents) directly in channels, enabling richer content sharing and documentation.
• Read messages: Agents can read recent messages from channels, allowing for monitoring, reporting, or triggering further actions based on channel activity.

This allows for powerful automation scenarios such as sending notifications, alerts, updates, and reports directly to your team's communication hub, sharing structured documents, or monitoring conversations for workflow triggers. Your agents can deliver timely information, share results from processes they've completed, create collaborative documents, or alert team members when attention is needed. This integration bridges the gap between your AI workflows and your team's communication, ensuring everyone stays informed without manual intervention. By connecting Klyntos with Slack, you can create agents that keep your team updated with relevant information at the right time, enhance collaboration by sharing insights automatically, and reduce the need for manual status updates—all while leveraging your existing Slack workspace where your team already communicates.

Usage Instructions

Integrate Slack into the workflow. Can send messages, create canvases, and read messages. Requires OAuth. Can be used in trigger mode to trigger a workflow when a message is sent to a channel.

Tools

slack_message

Send messages to Slack channels or users through the Slack API. Supports Slack mrkdwn formatting.

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
authMethod	string	No	Authentication method: oauth or bot_token
botToken	string	No	Bot token for Custom Bot
channel	string	Yes	Target Slack channel (e.g., #general)
text	string	Yes	Message text to send (supports Slack mrkdwn formatting)

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
ts	string	Message timestamp
channel	string	Channel ID where message was sent

slack_canvas

Create and share Slack canvases in channels. Canvases are collaborative documents within Slack.

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
authMethod	string	No	Authentication method: oauth or bot_token
botToken	string	No	Bot token for Custom Bot
channel	string	Yes	Target Slack channel (e.g., #general)
title	string	Yes	Title of the canvas
content	string	Yes	Canvas content in markdown format
document_content	object	No	Structured canvas document content

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
canvas_id	string	ID of the created canvas
channel	string	Channel where canvas was created
title	string	Title of the canvas

slack_message_reader

Read the latest messages from Slack channels. Retrieve conversation history with filtering options.

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
authMethod	string	No	Authentication method: oauth or bot_token
botToken	string	No	Bot token for Custom Bot
channel	string	Yes	Slack channel to read messages from (e.g., #general)
limit	number	No	Number of messages to retrieve (default: 10, max: 100)
oldest	string	No	Start of time range (timestamp)
latest	string	No	End of time range (timestamp)

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
messages	array	Array of message objects from the channel

Notes

• Category: tools
• Type: slack