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Open Slack DM

Open (or fetch) a direct message with one user, or a group DM with several, given as @handles or user ids (U…). Returns the conversation id you can then post to. Requires login.

Input

users required

One user for a DM, several for a group DM: @handles or ids (U…).

workspaceDomain optional

Workspace host, e.g. acme.slack.com. Defaults to the active workspace.

Output

ok required
channel required
alreadyOpen optional

FAQ

Open (or fetch) a direct message with one user, or a group DM with several, given as @handles or user ids (U…). Returns the conversation id you can then post to. Requires login.
Required: users. Optional: workspaceDomain.
It returns ok, channel, alreadyOpen.
Yes. It acts as you on slack.com: on your own Chrome it reuses your session, and on a Reduck-hosted browser it loads the slack.com cookies saved by the Reduck extension.
It makes changes on slack.com, like sending, posting or booking something.
Ask an AI agent connected to Reduck to run reduck/slack.com/open_dm, or run it from a terminal with the Reduck CLI: npx @reduck-ai/cli@latest run --script reduck/slack.com/open_dm
It is part of Reduck's official curated catalogue.

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