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Manually sets user presence.

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

Manually sets user presence. [POST /users.setPresence]

Name on the gateway: slack_api__users_set_presence · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
presence requiredstringEither auto or away

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__users_set_presence",
  "arguments": {
    "presence": "…"
  }
}

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"

Try asking

Use the manually sets user presence. tool with presence set to ….

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