# Fetch Slack History Block The Fetch Slack History block retrieves all messages from a specified Slack channel within a chosen date range. ## Configuration ### Account #### Dynamic (Ask at runtime) This setting will ask a user to connect their Slack account when they run the app. #### Connect a New Account Follow the instructions on the pop-up window to directly connect MindStudio to your Slack account. ### Channel Select the channel you'd like to retrieve messages from. ### Max Results Select the max number of messages to be returned on each run. ### Date Range #### After The AI will only return messages after this date. #### Before The AI will only return messages before this date. ### Output Variable Save the output messages to a variable. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://university.mindstudio.ai/docs/building-ai-agents/blocks-reference/fetch-slack-history-block.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.