Slack · Capability
Slack Web API — Search
Slack Web API — Search. 2 operations. Lead operation: Slack Search for Files. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Slack business surface.
What You Can Do
GET
Searchfiles
— Slack Search for Files
/v1/search-files
GET
Searchmessages
— Slack Search for Messages
/v1/search-messages
MCP Tools
slack-search-files
Slack Search for Files
read-only
idempotent
slack-search-messages
Slack Search for Messages
read-only
idempotent
Capability Spec
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
label: Slack Web API — Search
description: 'Slack Web API — Search. 2 operations. Lead operation: Slack Search for Files. Self-contained Naftiko capability
covering one Slack business surface.'
tags:
- Slack
- Search
created: '2026-05-19'
modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
keys:
SLACK_API_KEY: SLACK_API_KEY
capability:
consumes:
- type: http
namespace: web-search
baseUri: https://slack.com/api
description: Slack Web API — Search business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
resources:
- name: search.files
path: /search.files
operations:
- name: searchfiles
method: GET
description: Slack Search for Files
outputRawFormat: json
outputParameters:
- name: result
type: object
value: $.
inputParameters:
- name: query
in: query
type: string
required: true
- name: count
in: query
type: integer
- name: highlight
in: query
type: boolean
- name: page
in: query
type: integer
- name: sort
in: query
type: string
- name: sort_dir
in: query
type: string
- name: search.messages
path: /search.messages
operations:
- name: searchmessages
method: GET
description: Slack Search for Messages
outputRawFormat: json
outputParameters:
- name: result
type: object
value: $.
inputParameters:
- name: query
in: query
type: string
description: Search query.
required: true
- name: count
in: query
type: integer
- name: highlight
in: query
type: boolean
description: Pass a value of true to enable query highlight markers.
- name: page
in: query
type: integer
- name: sort
in: query
type: string
description: Return matches sorted by either score or timestamp.
- name: sort_dir
in: query
type: string
description: Change sort direction to ascending or descending.
authentication:
type: bearer
token: '{{env.SLACK_API_KEY}}'
exposes:
- type: rest
namespace: web-search-rest
port: 8080
description: REST adapter for Slack Web API — Search. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation, prefixed
with /v1.
resources:
- path: /v1/search-files
name: search-files
description: REST surface for search.files.
operations:
- method: GET
name: searchfiles
description: Slack Search for Files
call: web-search.searchfiles
with:
query: rest.query
count: rest.count
highlight: rest.highlight
page: rest.page
sort: rest.sort
sort_dir: rest.sort_dir
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- path: /v1/search-messages
name: search-messages
description: REST surface for search.messages.
operations:
- method: GET
name: searchmessages
description: Slack Search for Messages
call: web-search.searchmessages
with:
query: rest.query
count: rest.count
highlight: rest.highlight
page: rest.page
sort: rest.sort
sort_dir: rest.sort_dir
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- type: mcp
namespace: web-search-mcp
port: 9090
transport: http
description: MCP adapter for Slack Web API — Search. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through this capability's
consumes block.
tools:
- name: slack-search-files
description: Slack Search for Files
hints:
readOnly: true
destructive: false
idempotent: true
call: web-search.searchfiles
with:
query: tools.query
count: tools.count
highlight: tools.highlight
page: tools.page
sort: tools.sort
sort_dir: tools.sort_dir
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- name: slack-search-messages
description: Slack Search for Messages
hints:
readOnly: true
destructive: false
idempotent: true
call: web-search.searchmessages
with:
query: tools.query
count: tools.count
highlight: tools.highlight
page: tools.page
sort: tools.sort
sort_dir: tools.sort_dir
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.