💬 Business intelligence assistant for Slack using Explorium MCP & Claude AI

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Description

Explorium Agent for Slack

AI-powered Slack bot for business intelligence queries using Explorium API through MCP.

Prerequisites

• Slack workspace with admin access
• Anthropic API key (You can replace with other LLM Chat)
• Explorium API Key

1. Create Slack App

Create App

1. Go to api.slack.com/apps
2. Click Create New App → From scratch
3. Give it name (e.g., “Explorium Agent”) and select workspace

Bot Permissions (OAuth & Permissions)

Add these Bot Token Scopes:

app_mentions:read
channels:history
channels:read
chat:write
emoji:read
groups:history
groups:read
im:history
im:read
mpim:history
mpim:read
reactions:read
users:read

Enable Events

1. Event Subscriptions → Enable
2. Add Request URL (from n8n Slack Trigger node)
3. Subscribe to bot events:
   • app_mention
   • message.channels
   • message.groups
   • message.im
   • message.mpim
   • reaction_added

Install App

1. Install App → Install to Workspace
2. Copy Bot User OAuth Token (xoxb-…)

2. Configure n8n

Import & Setup

1. Import this JSON template

2. Slack Trigger node:

   • Add Slack credential with Bot Token
   • Copy webhook URL
   • Paste in Slack Event Subscriptions Request URL

3. Anthropic Chat Model node:

   • Add Anthropic API credential
   • Model: claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

(You can replace it with other chat models)

4. MCP Client node:
   • Endpoint: https://mcp.explorium.ai/mcp
   • Header Auth: Add Explorium API key

Usage Examples

@ExploriumAgent find tech companies in SF with 50-200 employees
@ExploriumAgent show Microsoft's technology stack
@ExploriumAgent get CMO contacts at healthcare companies

🔗 Nodes Used

HTTP Request, Slack, AI Agent, Anthropic Chat Model, Simple Memory, Slack Trigger

📥 Import

Download workflow.json and import into n8n: Workflow menu → Import from File

📖 Importing guide · 🔑 Credential setup