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Send Messages and Notifications to Slack

Post messages, updates, and notifications to any Slack channel or user from your AI agent.

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Sending a status update, a notification, or an alert to Slack sounds simple — but doing it from an automated workflow or an AI agent requires either a custom Slack app, a webhook setup, or a manual copy-paste step that defeats the purpose of automation. Each option adds setup friction that slows down what should be a trivial output step.

The send_message skill posts text messages to any Slack channel or direct message your workspace allows. No webhook configuration required — your agent can send updates, summaries, or alerts directly as part of any workflow that produces output worth sharing.

Teams routing AI-generated reports to a shared channel, developers pushing automated status updates to an ops channel, and managers sending summaries from a research session to a team channel all use this to close the loop between agent output and team communication.

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Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter to Claude: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask: "Send a message to #updates with this summary: [describe what to send]"
  3. Claude composes the message and posts it to the specified channel
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ChatGPT

  1. Add ToolRouter to ChatGPT using the MCP JSON configuration
  2. Ask: "Post this update to the #team-updates Slack channel: [describe content]"
  3. ChatGPT composes the formatted message and sends it
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to your Copilot MCP configuration
  2. In Copilot Chat: "Send a message to #deployments: [describe the update]"
  3. Copilot sends the message to the specified channel
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter to OpenClaw: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Define the trigger and message content: "After completing the weekly report, send it to #leadership"
  3. OpenClaw composes and sends the message at the right time
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