Slack Ops

Interact with Slack via the official Web API using curl. Requires a SLACK_TOKEN environment variable (Bot Token starting with xoxb-).

Prerequisites

No CLI install needed — uses curl (pre-installed on macOS/Linux).

Set up your bot token:

export SLACK_TOKEN="xoxb-your-token-here"
# Or add to ~/.zshrc / ~/.bashrc for persistence

To get a token: https://api.slack.com/apps → Create App → OAuth & Permissions → add scopes (chat:write, channels:read, reactions:write, pins:write) → Install to Workspace → copy Bot User OAuth Token.