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Upload and Share Files in Slack

Upload reports, documents, and files to Slack channels directly from your AI workflow.

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Generating a report or document with an AI agent and then manually downloading it, opening Slack, and uploading it to the right channel adds an unnecessary manual step to what should be a seamless workflow. The file exists — it just needs to get to the team.

The upload_file skill uploads a file to a Slack channel directly, making the document immediately accessible to the team without you acting as a manual courier. The list_files skill retrieves previously uploaded files so you can check what has already been shared.

Teams receiving AI-generated weekly reports in Slack, engineers sharing build artifacts for review, and managers distributing documents to a channel all use this to close the automation loop between document creation and team delivery.

Agent Guides

Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter to Claude: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask Claude to create a document (e.g., using pdf or docx-tools)
  3. Ask: "Upload this file to #reports in Slack"
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ChatGPT

  1. Add ToolRouter to ChatGPT using the MCP JSON configuration
  2. Have a file URL ready or generate one using another tool
  3. Ask: "Upload this file to #[channel]: [file URL]"
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to your Copilot MCP configuration
  2. In Copilot Chat: "Upload this file to #engineering: [file URL]"
  3. Copilot uploads the file to the channel
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter to OpenClaw: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Define the file and destination channel: "Every Friday, upload this week's report to #leadership"
  3. OpenClaw uploads the file and posts it with context
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