slack-cli

name	slack-cli
description	Use when a developer works with the Slack CLI (slack command) to create, run, or manage a Slack app from the terminal: logging in or authenticating (slack login), adding a team or switching workspaces, running locally (slack run), deploying, editing the app manifest, calling Web API methods (slack api), or searching Slack docs (slack docs search).

Slack CLI

Use the Slack CLI to create, run, and manage Slack apps — including calling Web API methods directly and searching Slack developer documentation from the terminal.

For initial setup (sandbox creation, project scaffolding from templates), use the slack:create-slack-app skill instead.

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Step 1: Detect the Slack CLI

Resolve the path to the public Slack CLI before running any other command. We refer to the resolved value as SLACK_CMD — substitute it everywhere below. Try 1a → 1b → 1c in order; do not skip ahead.

1a. Standard install path (preferred — no verification needed)

The official install scripts place the binary at a fixed per-user path. If the file exists, use it directly: only the install script writes to that path.

• macOS / Linux: ~/.slack/bin/slack
• Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\slack-cli\bin\slack.exe (or %USERPROFILE%\.slack-cli\bin\slack.exe as a fallback)

POSIX shell:

[ -x "$HOME/.slack/bin/slack" ] && echo "$HOME/.slack/bin/slack"

PowerShell:

$p = "$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\slack-cli\bin\slack.exe"
if (Test-Path $p) { $p } elseif (Test-Path "$env:USERPROFILE\.slack-cli\bin\slack.exe") { "$env:USERPROFILE\.slack-cli\bin\slack.exe" }