Slack for VS Code
io.github.mindstone/mcp-server-slack
Slack MCP server: channels, messages, threads, reactions, users, files, and scheduled messages
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install Slack in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "slack-config-path",
"description": "SLACK_CONFIG_PATH",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "slack-team-id",
"description": "SLACK_TEAM_ID",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "slack-client-id",
"description": "SLACK_CLIENT_ID",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "slack-client-secret",
"description": "SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "slack-disable-refresh",
"description": "SLACK_DISABLE_REFRESH",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "slack-request-timeout-ms",
"description": "SLACK_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "slack-max-retries",
"description": "SLACK_MAX_RETRIES",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mcp-workspace-path",
"description": "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"mcp-server-slack": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mindstone/mcp-server-slack"
],
"env": {
"SLACK_CONFIG_PATH": "${input:slack-config-path}",
"SLACK_TEAM_ID": "${input:slack-team-id}",
"SLACK_CLIENT_ID": "${input:slack-client-id}",
"SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET": "${input:slack-client-secret}",
"SLACK_DISABLE_REFRESH": "${input:slack-disable-refresh}",
"SLACK_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:slack-request-timeout-ms}",
"SLACK_MAX_RETRIES": "${input:slack-max-retries}",
"MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "${input:mcp-workspace-path}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs