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Update an existing User Group

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

Update an existing User Group [POST /usergroups.update]

Name on the gateway: slack_api__usergroups_update · may change things.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`handle`	`string`	A mention handle. Must be unique among channels, users and User Groups.
`description`	`string`	A short description of the User Group.
`channels`	`string`	A comma separated string of encoded channel IDs for which the User Group uses…
`include_count`	`boolean`	Include the number of users in the User Group.
`usergroup` required	`string`	The encoded ID of the User Group to update.
`name`	`string`	A name for the User Group. Must be unique among User Groups.

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__usergroups_update",
  "arguments": {
    "usergroup": "…"
  }
}

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 update an existing user group tool with handle set to ….