What can an AI agent do with
Create and manage public channels (bot)?
Lets the app create public channels and manage the ones it has been added to, including renaming, archiving, and removing people. Bot token only.
How to spot it
On a Slack connection or settings screen, this is channels:manage.
With it, an agent can
- Create new public channels
- Rename channels
- Archive and unarchive channels
- Remove people from channels
It cannot, on its own
- Manage public channels it has not been added to
- Manage private channels (that needs groups:write)
What a bad day looks like
A misfiring agent archives a busy customer channel or removes people from it, and work stops until someone notices.
Set it up safer
- Only grant this if the agent must create or tidy up channels
- Keep the app out of important channels it does not need to manage
Ask the company selling the agent
- Why does the agent need to archive channels or remove people?
- Can it be limited to creating channels only?
- Is every change logged?
Source
Checked against Slack documentation on 2026-09-28. All Slack permissions →
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