Slack
SLACK_SEARCH_MESSAGES
Workspace‑wide Slack message search with date ranges and filters. Use `query` modifiers (e.g., in:#channel, from:@user, before/after:YYYY-MM-DD), sorting (score/timestamp), and pagination.
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Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"page": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Page number for manual pagination control. Cannot be used with auto_paginate - choose either automatic collection OR manual page control, not both.\nExamples:\n 1\n 2\n 3"
},
"sort": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Sort results by `score` (relevance) or `timestamp` (chronological).\nExamples:\n \"score\"\n \"timestamp\""
},
"count": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 1,
"description": "Without auto_paginate: Number of messages per page (max 100). With auto_paginate: Total messages desired. Set count=500 to get 500 messages with automatic pagination handling.\nExamples:\n 20\n 50\n 100\n 500\n 1000"
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Search query supporting various modifiers for precise filtering:\n \n **Date Modifiers:**\n - `on:YYYY-MM-DD` - Messages on specific date (e.g., `on:2025-09-25`)\n - `before:YYYY-MM-DD` - Messages before date\n - `after:YYYY-MM-DD` - Messages after date \n - `during:YYYY-MM-DD` or `during:month` or `during:YYYY` - Messages during day/month/year\n\n **Location Modifiers:**\n - `in:#channel-name` - Messages in specific channel\n - `in:@username` - Direct messages with user\n\n **User Modifiers:**\n - `from:@username` - Messages from specific user\n - `from:botname` - Messages from bot\n\n **Content Modifiers:**\n - `has:link` - Messages with links\n - `has:file` - Messages with files\n - `has::star:` - Starred messages\n - `has::pin:` - Pinned messages\n\n **Special Characters:**\n - `\"exact phrase\"` - Search exact phrase\n - `*wildcard` - Wildcard matching\n - `-exclude` - Exclude words\n\n **Combinations:** Mix modifiers like `\"project update\" on:2025-09-25 in:#marketing from:@john`\nExamples:\n \"on:2025-09-25\"\n \"after:2025-01-01 before:2025-12-31\"\n \"during:september\"\n \"during:2025-09-25\"\n \"product launch in:#marketing\"\n \"bug report from:@jane has:file\"\n \"\\\"meeting notes\\\" on:2024-07-20\"\n \"urgent -resolved in:#support\"\n \"\\\"project update\\\" on:2025-09-25 from:@john in:#team-updates\"\n \"has:link during:august from:@bot\"\n \"deployment after:2025-09-20 in:#engineering\""
},
"sort_dir": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Sort direction: `asc` (ascending) or `desc` (descending).\nExamples:\n \"asc\"\n \"desc\""
},
"highlight": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Enable highlighting of search terms in results.\nExamples:\n true\n false"
},
"auto_paginate": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false,
"description": "When enabled, 'count' becomes the total messages desired instead of per-page limit. System automatically handles pagination to collect the specified total. Cannot be used with 'page' parameter - choose either automatic collection or manual page control. Usage: If you fetched 100 messages but pagination shows 500 total available, set auto_paginate=true and count=500 to get all results at once.\nExamples:\n true\n false"
}
}
}