Business Intelligence Assistant for Slack using Explorium MCP & Claude AI

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
Go to api.slack.com/apps
Click Create New App → From scratch
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
Event Subscriptions → Enable
Add Request URL (from n8n Slack Trigger node)
Subscribe to bot events:
app_mention
message.channels
message.groups
message.im
message.mpim
reaction_added

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

2. Configure n8n

Import & Setup
Import this JSON template
Slack Trigger node:
Add Slack credential with Bot Token
Copy webhook URL
Paste in Slack Event Subscriptions Request URL

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

(You can replace it with other chat models)

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
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