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Set Slack channel purpose

Automatically set Slack channel purpose on slack.com. Set a channel's purpose/description by name or id. Pass an empty string to clear it. Returns the applied purpose. Requires login.

Input

channel required

Channel name/#name or id (C…).

purpose required

New purpose text (empty clears).

workspaceDomain optional

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

Output

ok required
channel required
purpose optional

FAQ

Set a channel's purpose/description by name or id. Pass an empty string to clear it. Returns the applied purpose. Requires login.
Ask an AI agent connected to Reduck to run reduck/slack.com/set_channel_purpose, or run it from a terminal with the Reduck CLI: npx @reduck-ai/cli@latest run --script reduck/slack.com/set_channel_purpose
You do not need one. "Set Slack channel purpose" drives the real slack.com pages in a browser, so it works whether or not slack.com offers an API for this.
Required: channel, purpose. Optional: workspaceDomain.
It returns ok, channel, purpose.
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, booking or buying something.
Ask an AI agent connected to Reduck to run reduck/slack.com/set_channel_purpose, or run it from a terminal with the Reduck CLI: npx @reduck-ai/cli@latest run --script reduck/slack.com/set_channel_purpose
It is part of Reduck's official curated catalogue.

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