agentic-slackbot
- agent-framework
An agentic Slack bot with MCP support.
About
What is agentic-slackbot?
A simple Slack bot that uses the OpenAI Agents SDK to interact with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. It is aimed at developers who want to bring AI-powered agent interactions into Slack channels.
How to use agentic-slackbot?
Install dependencies with uv sync, set required environment variables (OpenAI API key, Slack tokens, model name), then run the bot with uv run bot. A Docker image can be built and run using the provided Dockerfile and environment variables.
Key features of agentic-slackbot
- Integrates with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers
- Uses OpenAI Agents SDK for AI interactions
- Supports custom OpenAI models and Azure OpenAI
- Configurable via environment variables
- Supports Langfuse observability
- Docker deployment ready
Use cases of agentic-slackbot
- Provide a Slack bot that leverages OpenAI agents and MCP server tools to automate conversations or tasks.
FAQ from agentic-slackbot
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Details
- Author
- john-lin
- GitHub stars
- 5
- Category
- agent-framework
- Repository
- john-lin/agentic-slackbot
agentic-slackbot
A simple Slack bot that uses the OpenAI Agents SDK to interact with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.Install Dependencies
uv sync
Environment Variables
Create a .envrc file in the root directory of the project and add the following environment variables:
export OPENAI_API_KEY=""
export SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=""
export SLACK_APP_TOKEN=""
export OPENAI_MODEL="gpt-4o"
export HTTP_PROXY=""
If you are using Azure OpenAI, you can set the following environment variables instead:
AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=""
AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT="https://<myopenai>.azure.com/"
OPENAI_MODEL="gpt-4o"
OPENAI_API_VERSION="2025-03-01-preview"
If you are using Langfuse
export LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY="xxx"
export LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY="xxx"
export LANGFUSE_HOST="xxx"
Running the Bot
uv run bot
Running the bot in docker
Build the Docker image
docker build . -t agentic-slackbot
Run the Docker container
docker run -e SLACK_BOT_TOKEN="" \ -e SLACK_APP_TOKEN="" \ -e HTTP_PROXY="" \ -e OPENAI_PROXY_BASE_URL="" \ -e OPENAI_PROXY_API_KEY="" \ -e OPENAI_MODEL=gpt-4o \ -e FIRECRAWL_API_URL="" slackbot ```Credit
This project is based on the sooperset/mcp-client-slackbot example.
