---
title: Slack
description: Minimal Slack API client for sending and receiving Slack messages.
---

- package: `@agentic/slack`
- exports: `class SlackClient`, `namespace slack`
- env vars: `SLACK_API_KEY`
- [source](https://github.com/transitive-bullshit/agentic/blob/main/packages/slack/src/slack-client.ts)
- [slack api docs](https://api.slack.com/docs)

## Install

<CodeGroup>
```bash npm
npm install @agentic/slack
```

```bash yarn
yarn add @agentic/slack
```

```bash pnpm
pnpm add @agentic/slack
```

</CodeGroup>

## Usage

```ts
import { SlackClient } from '@agentic/slack'

const slack = new SlackClient()
const res = await slack.sendMessage({
  text: 'hello',
  channel: 'general'
})
```