Agent skill

OpenWork Slack Setup

by different-ai in different-ai/openwork

Configures and verifies the OpenWork Slack assistant for an approved private-alpha organization, merging manifest changes into its existing Slack app.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install OpenWork Slack Setup

skills CLI
$ npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill set-up-openwork-slack -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install different-ai/openwork set-up-openwork-slack --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/different-ai/openwork.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/ee/apps/landing/public/.well-known/agent-skills/set-up-openwork-slack .claude/skills/set-up-openwork-slack && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
set-up-openwork-slack
GitHub stars
24k
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
598 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
33
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Configures and verifies the OpenWork Slack assistant for an approved private-alpha organization, merging manifest changes into its existing Slack app.

  • Installing @openwork in a Slack workspace for an approved organization
  • SKILL.md covers Establish the target, Configure the existing app, Link the invoking member and Verify and report
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Linking a member's account and verifying the assistant responds

What it does

Working through the user's already signed-in OpenWork and Slack admin sessions in a browser, the agent identifies the OpenWork organization, Slack workspace, existing app and connector, and avoids creating duplicates. In the Slack connector it checks eligibility, rollout and runtime access, installation, enabled state, signing-secret presence and channel and reply settings, and reports exactly which prerequisite is missing instead of changing deployment settings unprompted. It asks about channel scope: blank channel IDs allow all channels but do not invite the bot, and private replies are a suggested rollout default.

Configuration reads the generated manifest and the app's current one and merges them without removing existing scopes, redirects or MCP settings. Required bot scopes include app_mentions:read, chat:write, im:history, im:read, im:write, assistant:write and commands, plus events such as app_mention, message.im and app_home_opened. URLs come from the deployment under `/v1/integrations/slack/`, the bot display name is openwork, App Home must allow messages and slash commands, and the agent experience must be on. If Slack rejects `agent_view.enabled`, the exported agent_view structure is kept.

When your agent uses it

  • Installing @openwork in a Slack workspace for an approved organization
  • Linking a member's account and verifying the assistant responds
  • Fixing a Slack manifest validation error for the OpenWork app

Example prompts

  • “Set up the OpenWork Slack assistant for our workspace and limit it to two channels.”
  • “Verify that the OpenWork Slack app has all the required scopes and events.”
  • “Link my account to OpenWork in Slack and test that it replies.”

Requirements

  • An OpenWork organization approved for the private alpha
  • Admin access to the Slack workspace and its existing Slack app
  • Signed-in browser sessions for OpenWork and Slack

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9ce20f8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • openworklabs.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

OpenWork Slack Setup loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 65 tokens; SKILL.md has 598 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~65
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 598 words (~1,187 tokens).

“Guides: https://openworklabs.com/docs/slack/set-up-the-slack-app.md (administrator setup) and https://openworklabs.com/docs/slack/connect-your-account.md (member linking and verification)”

— opening of SKILL.md by different-ai, Custom licence
name
set-up-openwork-slack

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in ee/apps/landing/public/.well-known/agent-skills/set-up-openwork-slack of different-ai/openwork.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9ce20f8

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Slackhuangruiteng/CS-Notes4k10 repos~578Automated safety check: PassMIT
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Works with

Questions about OpenWork Slack Setup

What does OpenWork Slack Setup do?

Configures and verifies the OpenWork Slack assistant for an approved private-alpha organization, merging manifest changes into its existing Slack app. Working through the user's already signed-in OpenWork and Slack admin sessions in a browser, the agent identifies the OpenWork organization, Slack workspace, existing app and connector, and avoids creating duplicates. In the Slack connector it checks eligibility, rollout and runtime access, installation, enabled state, signing-secret presence and channel and reply settings, and reports exactly which prerequisite is missing instead of changing deployment settings unprompted.

When should I use OpenWork Slack Setup?

OpenWork Slack Setup fits situations like: installing @openwork in a Slack workspace for an approved organization; linking a member's account and verifying the assistant responds; fixing a Slack manifest validation error for the OpenWork app.

How do I install OpenWork Slack Setup in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill set-up-openwork-slack -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (ee/apps/landing/public/.well-known/agent-skills/set-up-openwork-slack in different-ai/openwork) into .claude/skills/set-up-openwork-slack in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install OpenWork Slack Setup in Codex?

Run `npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill set-up-openwork-slack -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (ee/apps/landing/public/.well-known/agent-skills/set-up-openwork-slack in different-ai/openwork) into .agents/skills/set-up-openwork-slack in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use OpenWork Slack Setup in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill set-up-openwork-slack -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/set-up-openwork-slack, .gemini/skills/set-up-openwork-slack, .github/skills/set-up-openwork-slack and .opencode/skills/set-up-openwork-slack in your project.

What does OpenWork Slack Setup need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: OpenWork Slack Setup is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: An OpenWork organization approved for the private alpha; Admin access to the Slack workspace and its existing Slack app; Signed-in browser sessions for OpenWork and Slack.

Does OpenWork Slack Setup access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: openworklabs.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is OpenWork Slack Setup safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does OpenWork Slack Setup use?

OpenWork Slack Setup has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does OpenWork Slack Setup use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to OpenWork Slack Setup?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with OpenWork Slack Setup: Openloomi Connectors (melandlabs/openloomi, 1k stars), Slack Browser Automation (vercel-labs/agent-browser, 44k stars), Composio (ComposioHQ/composio, 30k stars) and Slack (huangruiteng/CS-Notes, 4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains OpenWork Slack Setup?

different-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in different-ai/openwork, which has 23,943 GitHub stars. The repository holds 33 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: different-ai/openwork on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.