Install Slack for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mindstone-slack": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mindstone/mcp-server-slack@0.3.0"
],
"env": {
"SLACK_CONFIG_PATH": "",
"SLACK_TEAM_ID": "",
"SLACK_CLIENT_ID": "",
"SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET",
"SLACK_DISABLE_REFRESH": "",
"SLACK_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "60000",
"SLACK_MAX_RETRIES": "10",
"MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": ""
}
}
}
}