Slack options

Slack shows up in three different places. They use different Slack apps and different tokens, so pick the one that matches what you want.

You want	Use	Set up in	Slack app
An agent to read or post in Slack as part of its work (search messages, summarize a channel, send an update)	Slack as a tool	Connect Slack on My agents, or Add Slack in the builder	The Slack MCP server on your MCP Gateway (OAuth, user token)
People to talk to an agent in Slack (mention it in a channel or DM it)	Chat from Slack	Manage agent > Chat connectors > Connect a Slack app	Your own Slack app in Socket Mode (bot token and app-level token), one per agent
QuilrAI findings and notifications in a Slack channel	Slack notifications	Settings > Integrations	The Slack integration card

You can combine them. For example, an agent people chat with in Slack can also have Slack as a tool so it can look up earlier threads.

Slack as a tool

Agent → MCP Gateway → Slack API

Runs as the person, with their Slack access

Chat from Slack

Slack mention or DM → agent run

Answer posted back in the thread

Notifications

QuilrAI → Slack channel

Findings and operational alerts

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