Description

To access Slack with the CLI, you will need a token for your workspace. The token needs to be provided on the token parameter on all CLI actions. Usually this is done by coding it into a setup script like slack.bat, slack.sh, atlassian.bat, or atlassian.sh examples provided in the client distribution. Tokens carry access permissions and should be treated securely like passwords. Slack has a number of different token types and, depending on how they are generated, are permitted to only do certain actions.

Generating Tokens

Legacy Tokens

• Easy to generate
• Represents a fixed set of permissions as defined by Slack
• Recommendation from Slack is to use Application tokens instead
• Information and Token Generator

App Tokens

• A little bit more work to generate a token
• Each permission needs to be granted separately
• Create an app - for a CLI app token, only a few things are needed:
  • Name the app - for example, call the app cli or anything else you like
  • Grant permissions (scopes)
  • Install into your workspace
  • Copy the resulting token for use on the CLI
  • To make change, go to: Your apps
  • Test your token with the CLI using: slack --action getServerInfo --token xxx

Example Maximum Permission Choices