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Set the user profile photo

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

Set the user profile photo [POST /users.setPhoto]

Name on the gateway: slack_api__users_set_photo · may change things.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`token` required	`string`	Authentication token. Requires scope: users.profile:write
`crop_w`	`string`	Width/height of crop box (always square)
`crop_x`	`string`	X coordinate of top-left corner of crop box
`crop_y`	`string`	Y coordinate of top-left corner of crop box
`image`	`string`	File contents via multipart/form-data.

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__users_set_photo",
  "arguments": {
    "token": "…"
  }
}

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 set the user profile photo tool with token set to ….