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Setup guide

Set up Slack in CrewAI

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Bring Slack into your agent: read channels and threads, post messages and replies, react, and look up users — the team communication layer for agents.


01Configuration
# Slack via CrewAI # transport: stdio # launch: npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-slack

CrewAI connects to MCP servers in code. Use its MCP client with the command/URL below; exact API varies by version.


02Steps
  1. Make sure CrewAI is installed and up to date.
  2. Wire the server into CrewAI using its MCP client API.
  3. Provide any required API keys/credentials as environment variables.
  4. Restart CrewAI and confirm Slack’s tools appear.

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04Provenance
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