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Sets the topic for a conversation.

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

Sets the topic for a conversation. [POST /conversations.setTopic]

Name on the gateway: slack_api__conversations_set_topic · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
channelstringConversation to set the topic of
topicstringThe new topic string. Does not support formatting or linkification.

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_set_topic",
  "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"

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