Adds a star to an item.

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

Adds a star to an item. [POST /stars.add]

Name on the gateway: slack_api__stars_add · may change things.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`channel`	`string`	Channel to add star to, or channel where the message to add star to was posted…
`file`	`string`	File to add star to.
`file_comment`	`string`	File comment to add star to.
`timestamp`	`string`	Timestamp of the message to add star to.

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__stars_add",
  "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 adds a star to an item. tool with channel set to ….