Agent Tools

The Slack agent provides 7 tools that are automatically available when the integration is configured:

Tool	Description	Key Parameters
list_accessible_channels	Lists all public and private channels the bot can access	None
get_channel_history	Retrieves message history for a specific channel	channel_name, time_window, limit
summarize_channel_activity	Generates an LLM summary of activity in a channel	channel_name, time_window, topic_filter
summarize_workspace_activity	Generates a summary across multiple channels (up to 10)	time_window, include_channels
deep_search_slack	Primary search tool with smart time window detection	query, lookback_hours, max_results
search_slack_parallel	Runs up to 3 search queries in parallel and deduplicates	queries, lookback_hours
get_thread_from_url	Retrieves a full thread from a Slack message URL	thread_url

Smart Time Window Detection

The deep_search_slack tool automatically adjusts the search time window based on query intent:

Query Pattern	Lookback	Examples
Factual / how-to	1 year	”what is the deployment process”, “how to configure X”
Feature / release	30 days	”new feature X”, “v2.1 release”
Recent events	72 hours	”today”, “yesterday”, “outage”
General queries	1 week	Default fallback

You can override the auto-detection by explicitly setting lookback_hours.

Manual Override

Users can bypass the workflow classification by prefixing their query with /slack:

/slack What did the team discuss about the API redesign?

This routes the query directly to the Slack agent without going through the full 5-phase workflow.