This MCP server retrieves information from Slack messages and threads using a User Token. It allows users to search messages, get thread replies, and access user profiles.
From the registry: MCP server specialized in retrieving information from Slack messages and threads
Please install the `slack-explorer-mcp` MCP server into my current AI client (that's you).
Required prerequisites (do these first if not already done):
- **Docker** — Docker required to run the container image (https://www.docker.com)
- **Slack User OAuth Token** — Create a Slack app at api.slack.com/apps with User Token Scopes: channels:history, groups:history, im:history, mpim:history, search:read, users.profile:read, users:read, files:read (https://api.slack.com/apps)
Canonical MCP server config (stdio transport):
- command: `docker`
- args: ["run","-i","--rm","--pull","always","-e","SLACK_USER_TOKEN=<xoxp-your-token>","ghcr.io/shibayu36/slack-explorer-mcp:latest"]
- required environment variables:
- `SLACK_USER_TOKEN`: Slack User OAuth Token starting with xoxp- (example: `xoxp-<your_token>`)
Note: Specialized in retrieving Slack messages and threads. Also supports HTTP transport via TRANSPORT=http env var with X-Slack-User-Token header.
Add this MCP server to my current client's config in the correct format for you. If you need secrets or credentials I haven't provided, ASK me — do not invent values or leave raw placeholders. After adding it, tell me how to verify the server is connected.SLACK_USER_TOKENrequiredUser OAuth Token for accessing Slack API.Lightweight DMARC parser: auto-fetch email reports, visualize compliance in a single all-in-one app