Read Slack Channel
Read recent messages from one channel of a Slack connection the caller owns. Read-only and capped; channels outside the connection's allowed list are rejected server-side. Returns messages with author id, timestamp, and text.
Access
This tool reads a data source you connect. Cortexa hosts no dataset behind it and nothing here is publicly queryable — there is no result to show a visitor, only the shape of the call. Add a connection in Settings → Connections, and the agent can use it in your own sessions.
- Works with
- Slack
- Scope
- Recent message history for one allowed channel.
Access is read-only and re-authorized on every call against the connection's owner, your active workspace, and any explicit grants. Credentials stay encrypted at rest and are never returned by a tool.
Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
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Examples (1)
Illustrative only — the ids below are placeholders. Real ids come from list_connections at run time and are scoped to the caller.
Read one allowed channel
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- slack_read_channel
- Agent tool
- slack_read_channel
- Added
- 2026-07-26 09:40Z
- Tags
- connection, private, read-only, slack, messaging