What can an AI agent do with
Manage public channels as you (user token)?
Lets the agent create, rename, archive, join, and leave public channels, and remove people, all acting as you. User token only.
How to spot it
On a Slack connection or settings screen, this is channels:write.
With it, an agent can
- Create public channels as you
- Rename and archive channels
- Join and leave channels
- Remove people from channels
It cannot, on its own
- Be given to a bot token
What a bad day looks like
Acting as you, the agent archives or renames channels and removes teammates, and it looks like you did it.
Set it up safer
- Ask for the bot version, channels:manage, which manages only channels the app has been added to, plus new ones it creates
Narrower permissions on Slack:
- Create and manage public channels (bot)
channels:manage
Ask the company selling the agent
- Why does this need to act as me instead of as a bot?
- What channel changes will it make?
- Can I review changes before they happen?
Source
Checked against Slack documentation on 2026-09-28. All Slack permissions →
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