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slug: "slack-channel-open-command"
title: "Opening Slack Channel Links with Command Line, Raycast, and Alfred"
description: "Convert a Slack web URL into the slack:// scheme to open a specific channel directly from the command line, Raycast Quicklink, or Alfred."
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# Opening Slack Channel Links with Command Line, Raycast, and Alfred

When you open Slack on the web, the URL becomes:

```
https://app.slack.com/client/<TEAM-ID>/<CHANNEL-ID>
```

To open it from the command line, use:

```
open "slack://channel?team=<TEAM-ID>&id=<CHANNEL-ID>"
```

To open it from Raycast's Quicklink, set the Link to `slack://channel?team=<TEAM-ID>&id=<CHANNEL-ID>` and set Open with to `Slack`.