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Open a view for a user.

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

Open a view for a user. [GET /views.open]

Name on the gateway: slack_api__views_open · read-only.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
trigger_id requiredstringExchange a trigger to post to the user.
view requiredstringA view payload. This must be a JSON-encoded string.

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__views_open",
  "arguments": {
    "trigger_id": "…",
    "view": "…"
  }
}

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 open a view for a user. tool with trigger_id set to ….

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