slack_get_users

What slack_get_users does on Slack

AI agents call slack_get_users to retrieve information from Slack without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why slack_get_users is rated Low

This tool queries and retrieves a list of workspace users and their basic profile information. It performs no mutations, side effects, or destructive operations. While it exposes user information (a potential privacy concern), it remains a read-only operation. The severity is low because basic profile information is typically non-sensitive and discovery of user lists in a workspace is expected functionality.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'slack_get_users' and description 'Get a list of all users in the workspace with their basic profile information' indicate a retrieval operation that returns user data without modifying anything.

The rule that runs slack_get_users safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Slack, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For slack_get_users, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "slack_get_users": {}
  }
}

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