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Retrieve information about a conversation.

An MCP tool from the Slack API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Retrieve information about a conversation. [GET /conversations.info]

Name on the gateway: slack_api__conversations_info · read-only.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
tokenstringAuthentication token. Requires scope: conversations:read
channelstringConversation ID to learn more about
include_localebooleanSet this to true to receive the locale for this conversation. Defaults to false
include_num_membersbooleanSet to true to include the member count for the specified conversation.…

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "slack_api__conversations_info",
  "arguments": {}
}

Or connect the Slack API server directly, which lists 174 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-slack-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/slack-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Try asking

Use the retrieve information about a conversation. tool with token set to ….

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