slack_tools.py
"""
Search Slack and Work with Files
================================
Combine channel history, thread expansion, workspace search, and file
download/upload in one focused SlackTools Agent.
Prerequisites: SLACK_TOKEN, SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET, OPENAI_API_KEY
Run: .venvs/demo/bin/python cookbook/05_agent_os/17_slack/slack_tools.py
Try in Slack: Share a file, then ask for related discussions and an uploaded summary
Slack scopes: app_mentions:read, assistant:write, chat:write, im:history, channels:read, channels:history, groups:read, groups:history, files:read, files:write, search:read.public, search:read.files, search:read.users
"""
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.sqlite import SqliteDb
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIResponses
from agno.os import AgentOS
from agno.os.interfaces.slack import Slack
from agno.tools.slack import SlackTools
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Slack Tools AgentOS
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
db = SqliteDb(
id="slack-tools-db",
db_file="tmp/slack_tools.db",
)
workspace_tools = SlackTools(
output_directory="tmp/slack_downloads",
enable_send_message=False,
enable_send_message_thread=False,
enable_list_channels=True,
enable_get_channel_history=True,
enable_upload_file=True,
enable_download_file=True,
enable_search_workspace=True,
enable_get_thread=True,
enable_list_users=False,
enable_get_user_info=False,
enable_get_channel_info=True,
)
workspace_analyst = Agent(
id="slack-workspace-analyst",
name="Slack Workspace Analyst",
model=OpenAIResponses(id="gpt-5.5"),
db=db,
tools=[workspace_tools],
instructions=[
"Use Slack as the source of truth for workspace questions.",
"Use search_workspace for topic searches; its action token comes from the Slack event.",
"Use get_channel_history for a known channel and get_thread to expand important replies.",
"Download shared files when analysis needs their contents.",
"Upload a result file only when the user explicitly asks for one.",
"Summarize decisions, owners, action items, and unresolved questions.",
],
add_history_to_context=True,
num_history_runs=5,
markdown=True,
)
agent_os = AgentOS(
id="slack-tools-os",
description="AgentOS serving a Slack-native workspace and file analyst.",
agents=[workspace_analyst],
interfaces=[Slack(agent=workspace_analyst)],
)
app = agent_os.get_app()
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Slack Tools AgentOS
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
agent_os.serve(app=app)
Run the Example
1
Set up your virtual environment
uv venv --python 3.12
source .venv/bin/activate
uv venv --python 3.12
.venv\Scripts\activate
2
Install dependencies
uv pip install -U "agno[os,slack]" openai
3
Export environment variables
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
export SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET="your_slack_signing_secret_here"
export SLACK_TOKEN="your_slack_token_here"
export SLACK_USER_TOKEN="your_slack_user_token_here"
$Env:OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
$Env:SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET="your_slack_signing_secret_here"
$Env:SLACK_TOKEN="your_slack_token_here"
$Env:SLACK_USER_TOKEN="your_slack_user_token_here"
4
Run the example
Save the code above as
slack_tools.py, then run:python slack_tools.py