Slack MCP Integration

Guide for integrating Slack messaging capabilities with PraisonAI agents using MCP

Add Slack Tool to AI Agent

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Quick Start

Install Dependencies
Make sure you have Node.js installed, as the MCP server requires it:
bash
```
pip install praisonaiagents mcp
```

Set API Keys

Set your Slack credentials as environment variables in your terminal:

bash

export SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=your_slack_bot_token_here
export SLACK_TEAM_ID=your_slack_team_id_here
export OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here

Create a file

Create a new file slack_agent.py with the following code:

python

from praisonaiagents import Agent, MCP
import os

# Get Slack credentials from environment
slack_token = os.getenv("SLACK_BOT_TOKEN")
slack_team_id = os.getenv("SLACK_TEAM_ID")

# Use a single string command with Slack configuration
slack_agent = Agent(
    instructions="""You are a helpful assistant that can interact with Slack.
    Use the available tools when relevant to manage Slack communications.""",
    llm="gpt-4o-mini",
    tools=MCP("npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-slack",
            env={
                "SLACK_BOT_TOKEN": slack_token,
                "SLACK_TEAM_ID": slack_team_id
            })
)

slack_agent.start("Send a message to the general channel")

Run the Agent
Execute your script:
bash
```
python slack_agent.py
```