slack mcp server for VS Code
io.github.stevenvo/slack-mcp-server
Read Slack conversations, threads, user info, and search messages from your MCP client.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:pypi
Install slack mcp server in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "slack-user-token",
"description": "SLACK_USER_TOKEN",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "slack-bot-token",
"description": "SLACK_BOT_TOKEN",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "slack-workspace-url",
"description": "SLACK_WORKSPACE_URL",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"slack-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"slack-mcp-server-v2"
],
"env": {
"SLACK_USER_TOKEN": "${input:slack-user-token}",
"SLACK_BOT_TOKEN": "${input:slack-bot-token}",
"SLACK_WORKSPACE_URL": "${input:slack-workspace-url}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs