# Slack **Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/slack/ **Website:** https://api.slack.com/ **APIs profiled:** 115 Slack is a cloud-based team collaboration platform that provides chat, file sharing, and integrations with other tools and services. ## Kin Score — 61.8 / 100 (strong) Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 61.8). | Facet | Score | |---|---| | Discoverability | 66.7 | | Contract Quality | 67.6 | | Governance | 26.5 | | Contract Governance | 26.5 | | Operational Transparency | 63.2 | | Developer Ergonomics | 76.2 | | Commercial Clarity | 57.9 | | Access Clarity | 57.9 | ## Agent readiness — 40.4 (agent-ready) | Dimension | Value | |---|---| | Spec Presence | yes | | Agentic Access | derived | | Reversibility Documented | no | | MCP Server | documented | | Auth Clarity | yes | | Idempotency | no | | Error Semantics | no | | OpenAPI Examples | verified | | Rate Limit Signal | documented | | Event Surface Described | derived | | Agent Skills | no | | Well Known Catalog | no | | Consent Identity | no | | Agent Card | no | | Dry Run Mode | no | ## Access Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high). ## APIs (115) - **Slack Events API** — The Slack Events API enables apps to respond to activities in Slack by subscribing to specific event types. Rather than polling for changes, apps receive HTTP POST payloads when... - **Slack SCIM API** — The Slack SCIM API lets teams on Plus and Enterprise plans provision and manage user accounts and groups programmatically using the SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Manage... - **Slack Audit Logs API** — The Slack Audit Logs API is designed for building security information and event management (SIEM) tools for Slack Enterprise Grid organizations. It provides a read-only view of... - **Slack Incoming Webhooks API** — Slack Incoming Webhooks provide a simple way to post messages from external sources into Slack. Creating an incoming webhook gives you a unique URL to which you send a JSON payl... - **Slack Slash Commands API** — Slack Slash Commands allow users to invoke app functionality directly from the message composer box by typing a forward slash followed by a command name and optional parameters.... - **Slack App Manifest API** — The Slack App Manifest API provides methods to programmatically create, configure, update, export, validate, and delete Slack apps using JSON or YAML manifest files. Key methods... - **Slack Interactivity API** — The Slack Interactivity API encompasses the mechanisms by which Slack apps handle user interactions with interactive components such as buttons, menus, date pickers, modals, sho... - **Slack Access API** — The Access API from Slack — 4 operation(s) for access. - **Slack Add API** — The Add API from Slack — 9 operation(s) for add. - **Slack Administrative API** — The Administrative API from Slack — 56 operation(s) for administrative. - **Slack AI API** — The AI API from Slack — 3 operation(s) for ai. - **Slack Applications API** — The Applications API from Slack — 13 operation(s) for applications. - **Slack Approve API** — The Approve API from Slack — 2 operation(s) for approve. - **Slack Approved API** — The Approved API from Slack — 2 operation(s) for approved. - **Slack Archive API** — The Archive API from Slack — 2 operation(s) for archive. - **Slack Assign API** — The Assign API from Slack — 1 operation(s) for assign. - **Slack Assistants API** — The Assistants API from Slack — 3 operation(s) for assistants. - **Slack Auth API** — Authentication and authorization methods - **Slack Authentication API** — The Authentication API from Slack — 2 operation(s) for authentication. - **Slack Authorization API** — The Authorization API from Slack — 1 operation(s) for authorization. - **Slack Automation API** — The Automation API from Slack — 5 operation(s) for automation. - **Slack Bookmarks API** — The Bookmarks API from Slack — 4 operation(s) for bookmarks. - **Slack Bots API** — The Bots API from Slack — 1 operation(s) for bots. - **Slack Calls API** — The Calls API from Slack — 6 operation(s) for calls. - **Slack Canvases API** — The Canvases API from Slack — 6 operation(s) for canvases. - **Slack Chat API** — The Chat API from Slack — 10 operation(s) for chat. - **Slack Close API** — The Close API from Slack — 1 operation(s) for close. - **Slack Comments API** — The Comments API from Slack — 1 operation(s) for comments. - **Slack Complete API** — The Complete API from Slack — 1 operation(s) for complete. - **Slack Connect API** — The Connect API from Slack — 1 operation(s) for connect. - **Slack Conversations API** — The Conversations API from Slack — 36 operation(s) for conversations. - **Slack Create API** — The Create API from Slack — 7 operation(s) for create. - **Slack Delete API** — The Delete API from Slack — 3 operation(s) for delete. - **Slack Deletes API** — The Deletes API from Slack — 5 operation(s) for deletes. - **Slack Deny API** — The Deny API from Slack — 1 operation(s) for deny. - **Slack Disables API** — The Disables API from Slack — 1 operation(s) for disables. - **Slack Disturb API** — The Disturb API from Slack — 5 operation(s) for disturb. - **Slack Dnd API** — Do Not Disturb management - **Slack Do API** — The Do API from Slack — 5 operation(s) for do. - **Slack Documents API** — The Documents API from Slack — 3 operation(s) for documents. - …and 75 more, listed in full on the page. ## MCP servers (1) - **MCP Server** ## Agentic access (1) - **Slack Agentic Access** — 252 operations · 145 acting · 5 human-in-the-loop ## Security (4) - **Slack Authentication** — http/oauth2 · 2 schemes - **Slack Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC - **Slack Vulnerability Disclosure** — Hackerone · security.txt · contact published - **Slack Trust Center** — FedRAMP, GDPR ## Plans (1) - **Slack Plans Pricing** ## Use cases (7) - **DevOps teams automating deployment notifications and incident response** - **Customer support teams routing tickets and managing escalations** - **HR teams onboarding employees with automated workflows and reminders** - **Sales teams receiving CRM alerts and managing deal updates in channels** - **Engineering teams integrating CI/CD pipelines and code review notifications** - **IT admins provisioning users and managing workspace security at scale** - **Product teams collecting feedback with interactive surveys and polls** ## Tags Bots, Chat, Collaboration, Messaging, Productivity, T1, Team Communication --- Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/slack/). 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