Slack

Prerequisites

The following example requires the slack-sdk library.

pip install openai slack-sdk

Get a Slack token from here.

export SLACK_TOKEN=***

Example

The following agent will use Slack to send a message to a channel, list all channels, and get the message history of a specific channel.

cookbook/tools/slack_tools.py

import os

from bitca.agent import Agent
from bitca.tools.slack import SlackTools


slack_tools = SlackTools()

agent = Agent(tools=[slack_tools], show_tool_calls=True)

# Example 1: Send a message to a Slack channel
agent.print_response("Send a message 'Hello from bitca !' to the channel #general", markdown=True)

# Example 2: List all channels in the Slack workspace
agent.print_response("List all channels in our Slack workspace", markdown=True)

# Example 3: Get the message history of a specific channel by channel ID 
agent.print_response("Get the last 10 messages from the channel 1231241", markdown=True)

Toolkit Params

Parameter
Type
Default
Description

token

str

-

Slack API token for authentication

send_message

bool

True

Enables the functionality to send messages to Slack channels

list_channels

bool

True

Enables the functionality to list available Slack channels

get_channel_history

bool

True

Enables the functionality to retrieve message history from channels

Toolkit Functions

Function
Description

send_message

Sends a message to a specified Slack channel

list_channels

Lists all available channels in the Slack workspace

get_channel_history

Retrieves message history from a specified channel

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