[BUG] Channel prop in Slack Bot actions seems to only load DMs?

[dannyroosevelt]

I have all of the required scopes on my Bot Token, but the Channel prop seems to only be loading DMs, and not any channels.

[michelle0927]

@dannyroosevelt Listing private channels requires scope groups:read, and the Slack Bot actions only lists channels that the bot is a member of. If you use the Slack action "List Members in Channel", does it show the bot as a channel member? You can add a bot to a channel with the Slack action "Invite User to Channel".
If that's not the issue, can you share which actions you've observed this in? Or is it just all actions that use the Channel prop?

[dannyroosevelt]

@dannyroosevelt Listing private channels requires scope groups:read, and the Slack Bot actions only lists channels that the bot is a member of. If you use the Slack action "List Members in Channel", does it show the bot as a channel member? You can add a bot to a channel with the Slack action "Invite User to Channel". If that's not the issue, can you share which actions you've observed this in? Or is it just all actions that use the Channel prop?

Ah you nailed it, Michelle. I added the bot to my public channel, then that channel was listed. And when I added the bot to my private channel and added the groups:read scope, the private channel was listed too. We should add some of that info to the channel prop in the Slack Bot app. Can you add something like,

In order to list Slack channels, your bot must be a member of that channel. And in order to list private channels, your bot must also have the groups:read scope in the OAuth & Permissions settings in Slack for this bot.