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Sets the purpose for a conversation.

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

Sets the purpose for a conversation. [POST /conversations.setPurpose]

Name on the gateway: slack_api__conversations_set_purpose · may change things.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`channel`	`string`	Conversation to set the purpose of
`purpose`	`string`	A new, specialer purpose

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_set_purpose",
  "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"

Use the sets the purpose for a conversation. tool with channel set to ….