slack-reader
CommunityRead Slack messages by permalink with context.
AuthorSuperCorks
Version1.0.0
Installs0
System Documentation
What problem does it solve?
Teams often need to fetch a specific Slack message directly from a permalink and view its full context—content, thread replies, and channel metadata—without granting broad access to the workspace data.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Read a message by permalink and resolve user mentions to friendly names.
- Retrieve thread replies (if the message is a thread parent) and surrounding channel context for auditing, incident review, or knowledge capture.
- Provide channel metadata (name, topic, purpose) and user profiles, with multi-workspace support and read-only access.
- Use case: an engineering incident review uses a single command to pull the exact message, its related replies, and relevant context for documentation.
Quick Start
Run the Slack Reader to fetch a message by permalink: node scripts/read-message.js --url "<permalink>" [--workspace <alias>] [--context-size <n>]
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
@slack/web-api
Components
scripts
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