Slack's API rate limits and design make it difficult to replicate the data within Slack to a data store that can then be used to provide context to AI agents.

Slack's API rate limits and design make it difficult to replicate the data within Slack to a data store that can then be used to provide context to AI agents. You are forced to use their MCP and their realtime search APIs, which don't work very well/not performant and may require additional licensing.