List muted conversations

[fluidsonic]

Package

@slack/web-api

Description

Given the deprecation of rtm.start with its SelfPrefs, there is no way to fetch the user's muted channels/conversations anymore.

node-slack-sdk/packages/web-api/src/types/response/RtmStartResponse.ts

Line 1737 in 909b5bd

muted_channels?: string;

When developing AI agents, knowing whether a conversation is muted by the user is an important signal. For example, it can be used to ignore channels or reduce their priority when asking an AI agent something like "what new messages are important to me", or when proactively reacting to messages, deriving tasks, etc. in user workflows.

Not knowing what conversations are muted results in a different user experience in the Slack app vs. when interacting with Slack using AI agents on behalf of the user.

There should be a way to fetch a user's muted conversation list and/or filter conversation lists by muted status + return an isMuted flag.

Alternatives Considered

• rtm.start is deprecated
• users.prefs.get is not available to Slack apps, only Slack clients

[hello-ashleyintech]

Hi, @fluidsonic! Thanks so much for submitting this feedback. I can definitely see how this might be valuable -- I could see them either adding it to an existing conversations.* endpoint, or creating a new endpoint for this.

Since we are not responsible for creating the APIs, only implementing them in the SDKs, could you send this request to feedback@slack.com? Through there, it can get routed to the appropriate team.