diff --git a/arcade/arcade/cli/main.py b/arcade/arcade/cli/main.py
index 4f66080d..2c890d31 100644
--- a/arcade/arcade/cli/main.py
+++ b/arcade/arcade/cli/main.py
@@ -220,17 +220,30 @@ def chat(
         )
         console.print(chat_header)
 
+        user = config.user.email if config.user and config.user.email else None
+        user_attribution = f" ({user})" if user else ""
+
         while True:
-            user_input = console.input("\n[bold magenta]User: [/bold magenta]")
+            user_input = console.input(
+                f"\n[magenta][bold]User[/bold]{user_attribution}:[/magenta] "
+            )
             messages.append({"role": "user", "content": user_input})
 
             if stream:
                 stream_response = client.stream_complete(
-                    model=model, messages=messages, tool_choice="generate"
+                    model=model,
+                    messages=messages,
+                    tool_choice="generate",
+                    user=user,
                 )
                 display_streamed_markdown(stream_response)
             else:
-                response = client.complete(model=model, messages=messages, tool_choice="generate")
+                response = client.complete(
+                    model=model,
+                    messages=messages,
+                    tool_choice="generate",
+                    user=user,
+                )
                 message_content = response.choices[0].message.content or ""
                 role = response.choices[0].message.role
 
@@ -350,7 +363,7 @@ def display_config_as_table(config: Config) -> None:
     table.add_column("Name")
     table.add_column("Value")
 
-    for section_name in config.dict():
+    for section_name in config.model_dump():
         section = getattr(config, section_name)
         if section:
             section = section.dict()
diff --git a/arcade/arcade/core/catalog.py b/arcade/arcade/core/catalog.py
index 48534c92..4c960106 100644
--- a/arcade/arcade/core/catalog.py
+++ b/arcade/arcade/core/catalog.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from arcade.core.schema import (
     GoogleRequirement,
     InputParameter,
     OAuth2Requirement,
+    SlackUserRequirement,
     ToolAuthRequirement,
     ToolContext,
     ToolDefinition,
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ from arcade.core.utils import (
     snake_to_pascal_case,
 )
 from arcade.sdk.annotations import Inferrable
-from arcade.sdk.auth import Google, OAuth2, ToolAuthorization
+from arcade.sdk.auth import Google, OAuth2, SlackUser, ToolAuthorization
 
 WireType = Literal["string", "integer", "float", "boolean", "json"]
 
@@ -190,6 +191,10 @@ class ToolCatalog(BaseModel):
                 new_auth_requirement.oauth2 = OAuth2Requirement(**auth_requirement.model_dump())
             elif isinstance(auth_requirement, Google):
                 new_auth_requirement.google = GoogleRequirement(**auth_requirement.model_dump())
+            elif isinstance(auth_requirement, SlackUser):
+                new_auth_requirement.slack_user = SlackUserRequirement(
+                    **auth_requirement.model_dump()
+                )
             auth_requirement = new_auth_requirement
 
         return ToolDefinition(
diff --git a/arcade/arcade/core/schema.py b/arcade/arcade/core/schema.py
index 2efdd356..62135b50 100644
--- a/arcade/arcade/core/schema.py
+++ b/arcade/arcade/core/schema.py
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ class GoogleRequirement(BaseModel):
     """The scope(s) needed for authorization."""
 
 
+class SlackUserRequirement(BaseModel):
+    """Indicates that the tool requires Slack (user token) authorization."""
+
+    scope: Optional[list[str]] = None
+    """The scope(s) needed for authorization."""
+
+
 class ToolAuthRequirement(BaseModel):
     """A requirement for authorization to use a tool."""
 
@@ -91,6 +98,9 @@ class ToolAuthRequirement(BaseModel):
     google: Optional[GoogleRequirement] = None
     """The Google requirement, if any."""
 
+    slack_user: Optional[SlackUserRequirement] = None
+    """The Slack (user token) requirement, if any."""
+
 
 class ToolRequirements(BaseModel):
     """The requirements for a tool to run."""
diff --git a/arcade/arcade/sdk/auth.py b/arcade/arcade/sdk/auth.py
index c2765162..23b88fa4 100644
--- a/arcade/arcade/sdk/auth.py
+++ b/arcade/arcade/sdk/auth.py
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ class Google(ToolAuthorization):
     """The scope(s) needed for the authorized action."""
 
 
+class SlackUser(ToolAuthorization):
+    """Marks a tool as requiring Slack (user token) authorization."""
+
+    def get_provider(self) -> str:
+        return "slack_user"
+
+    scope: Optional[list[str]] = None
+    """The scope(s) needed for the authorized action."""
+
+
 class GitHubApp(ToolAuthorization):
     """Marks a tool as requiring GitHub App authorization."""
 
diff --git a/examples/fastapi/arcade_example_fastapi/main.py b/examples/fastapi/arcade_example_fastapi/main.py
index 7121ae64..313df338 100644
--- a/examples/fastapi/arcade_example_fastapi/main.py
+++ b/examples/fastapi/arcade_example_fastapi/main.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
 from openai import AsyncOpenAI
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-from arcade_arithmetic.tools import arithmetic
 from arcade_gmail.tools import gmail
-from arcade_github.tools import public_repo, user
+from arcade_github.tools import repo, user
+from arcade_slack.tools import chat
 
 from arcade.actor.fastapi.actor import FastAPIActor
 
@@ -13,13 +13,16 @@ client = AsyncOpenAI(base_url="http://localhost:9099/v1")
 app = FastAPI()
 
 actor = FastAPIActor(app)
-actor.register_tool(arithmetic.add)
-actor.register_tool(arithmetic.multiply)
-actor.register_tool(arithmetic.divide)
-actor.register_tool(arithmetic.sqrt)
+# actor.register_tool(arithmetic.add)
+# actor.register_tool(arithmetic.multiply)
+# actor.register_tool(arithmetic.divide)
+# actor.register_tool(arithmetic.sqrt)
 actor.register_tool(gmail.get_emails)
-actor.register_tool(public_repo.count_stargazers)
+actor.register_tool(gmail.write_draft)
+actor.register_tool(repo.count_stargazers)
+actor.register_tool(repo.search_issues)
 actor.register_tool(user.set_starred)
+actor.register_tool(chat.send_dm_to_user)
 
 
 class ChatRequest(BaseModel):
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ class ChatRequest(BaseModel):
 
 
 @app.post("/chat")
-async def chat(request: ChatRequest, tool_choice: str = "execute"):
+async def postChat(request: ChatRequest, tool_choice: str = "execute"):
     try:
         raw_response = await client.chat.completions.create(
             messages=[
@@ -35,16 +38,15 @@ async def chat(request: ChatRequest, tool_choice: str = "execute"):
                 {"role": "user", "content": request.message},
             ],
             model="gpt-4o-mini",
-            max_tokens=150,
+            max_tokens=500,
             # TODO tests for tool choice
             tools=[
-                "Add",
-                "Multiply",
-                "Divide",
-                "Sqrt",
                 "GetEmails",
+                "WriteDraft",
                 "CountStargazers",
                 "SetStarred",
+                "SearchIssues",
+                "SendDmToUser",
             ],
             tool_choice=tool_choice,
             user="sam",
diff --git a/examples/fastapi/poetry.lock b/examples/fastapi/poetry.lock
index 91fbca01..5a54fd52 100644
--- a/examples/fastapi/poetry.lock
+++ b/examples/fastapi/poetry.lock
@@ -116,15 +116,32 @@ googleapis-common-protos = "1.63.2"
 type = "directory"
 url = "../../toolkits/gmail"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arcade-slack"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Slack tools for LLMs"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "^3.10"
+files = []
+develop = true
+
+[package.dependencies]
+arcade-ai = "^0.1.0"
+slack-sdk = "^3.31.0"
+
+[package.source]
+type = "directory"
+url = "../../toolkits/slack"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cachetools"
-version = "5.4.0"
+version = "5.5.0"
 description = "Extensible memoizing collections and decorators"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "cachetools-5.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3ae3b49a3d5e28a77a0be2b37dbcb89005058959cb2323858c2657c4a8cab474"},
-    {file = "cachetools-5.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b8adc2e7c07f105ced7bc56dbb6dfbe7c4a00acce20e2227b3f355be89bc6827"},
+    {file = "cachetools-5.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:02134e8439cdc2ffb62023ce1debca2944c3f289d66bb17ead3ab3dede74b292"},
+    {file = "cachetools-5.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2cc24fb4cbe39633fb7badd9db9ca6295d766d9c2995f245725a46715d050f2a"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -625,13 +642,13 @@ signedtoken = ["cryptography (>=3.0.0)", "pyjwt (>=2.0.0,<3)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openai"
-version = "1.40.8"
+version = "1.42.0"
 description = "The official Python library for the openai API"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7.1"
 files = [
-    {file = "openai-1.40.8-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3ed4ddad48e0dde059c9b4d3dc240e47781beca2811e52ba449ddc4a471a2fd4"},
-    {file = "openai-1.40.8.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e225f830b946378e214c5b2cfa8df28ba2aeb7e9d44f738cb2a926fd971f5bc0"},
+    {file = "openai-1.42.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dc91e0307033a4f94931e5d03cc3b29b9717014ad5e73f9f2051b6cb5eda4d80"},
+    {file = "openai-1.42.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c9d31853b4e0bc2dc8bd08003b462a006035655a701471695d0bfdc08529cde3"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -982,6 +999,20 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 pyasn1 = ">=0.1.3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "slack-sdk"
+version = "3.31.0"
+description = "The Slack API Platform SDK for Python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+files = [
+    {file = "slack_sdk-3.31.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a120cc461e8ebb7d9175f171dbe0ded37a6878d9f7b96b28e4bad1227399047b"},
+    {file = "slack_sdk-3.31.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:740d2f9c49cbfcbd46fca56b4be9d527934c225312aac18fd2c0fca0ef6bc935"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+optional = ["SQLAlchemy (>=1.4,<3)", "aiodns (>1.0)", "aiohttp (>=3.7.3,<4)", "boto3 (<=2)", "websocket-client (>=1,<2)", "websockets (>=9.1,<13)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sniffio"
 version = "1.3.1"
@@ -1115,4 +1146,4 @@ zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "ba5d3be15ef9c2adf5c108b4f8ff3388f3a4df546fa84f0bcfeb56c2768171ad"
+content-hash = "b40d9fea27174b3ac18d83a936744819ed484e1baa2aaba5ab54ae9e4681c416"
diff --git a/examples/fastapi/pyproject.toml b/examples/fastapi/pyproject.toml
index f7f1cdd8..014d7fdd 100644
--- a/examples/fastapi/pyproject.toml
+++ b/examples/fastapi/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ arcade-ai = {path = "../../arcade", develop = true}
 arcade_arithmetic = {path = "../../toolkits/math", develop = true}
 arcade_gmail = {path = "../../toolkits/gmail", develop = true}
 arcade_github = {path = "../../toolkits/github", develop = true}
+arcade_slack = {path = "../../toolkits/slack", develop = true}
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]
diff --git a/toolkits/github/arcade_github/tools/public_repo.py b/toolkits/github/arcade_github/tools/public_repo.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5850e04c..00000000
--- a/toolkits/github/arcade_github/tools/public_repo.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-from typing import Annotated
-from arcade.sdk import tool
-import requests
-
-
-# TODO: This does not support private repositories. https://app.clickup.com/t/86b1r3mhe
-@tool
-def count_stargazers(
-    owner: Annotated[str, "The owner of the repository"],
-    name: Annotated[str, "The name of the repository"],
-) -> int:
-    """Count the number of stargazers (stars) for a public GitHub repository.
-
-    For example, to count the number of stars for microsoft/vscode, you would use:
-    ```
-    count_stargazers(owner="microsoft", name="vscode")
-    ```
-    """
-
-    url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{name}"
-    response = requests.get(url)
-
-    print(response)
-
-    if response.status_code == 200:
-        data = response.json()
-        return data.get("stargazers_count", 0)
-    else:
-        raise Exception(
-            f"Failed to fetch repository data. Status code: {response.status_code}"
-        )
diff --git a/toolkits/github/arcade_github/tools/repo.py b/toolkits/github/arcade_github/tools/repo.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62ac7cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkits/github/arcade_github/tools/repo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+from typing import Annotated
+from arcade.core.schema import ToolContext
+from arcade.sdk import tool
+from arcade.sdk.auth import GitHubApp
+import requests
+
+
+@tool(requires_auth=GitHubApp())
+def search_issues(
+    context: ToolContext,
+    owner: Annotated[str, "The owner of the repository"],
+    name: Annotated[str, "The name of the repository"],
+    query: Annotated[str, "The query to search for"],
+    limit: Annotated[int, "The maximum number of issues to return"] = 10,
+) -> dict[str, list[dict]]:
+    """Search for issues in a GitHub repository."""
+
+    # Build the search query
+    url = f"https://api.github.com/search/issues?q={query}+is:issue+is:open+repo:{owner}/{name}+sort:created-desc&per_page={limit}"
+
+    # Make the API request
+    headers = {
+        "Authorization": f"token {context.authorization.token}",
+        "Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json",
+    }
+
+    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+
+    # Check for successful response
+    # handle 422 for can't find repo
+    # TODO - how should errors bubble back up if tool_choice=execute
+    if response.status_code != 200:
+        raise Exception(f"Failed to fetch issues: {response.status_code}")
+
+    issues = response.json().get("items", [])
+    results = []
+    for issue in issues:
+        results.append(
+            {
+                "title": issue["title"],
+                "url": issue["html_url"],
+                "created_at": issue["created_at"],
+            }
+        )
+
+    return {"issues": results}
+
+
+# TODO: This does not support private repositories. https://app.clickup.com/t/86b1r3mhe
+@tool
+def count_stargazers(
+    owner: Annotated[str, "The owner of the repository"],
+    name: Annotated[str, "The name of the repository"],
+) -> int:
+    """Count the number of stargazers (stars) for a public GitHub repository.
+
+    For example, to count the number of stars for microsoft/vscode, you would use:
+    ```
+    count_stargazers(owner="microsoft", name="vscode")
+    ```
+    """
+
+    url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{name}"
+    response = requests.get(url)
+
+    print(response)
+
+    if response.status_code == 200:
+        data = response.json()
+        return data.get("stargazers_count", 0)
+    else:
+        raise Exception(
+            f"Failed to fetch repository data. Status code: {response.status_code}"
+        )
diff --git a/toolkits/gmail/arcade_gmail/tools/gmail.py b/toolkits/gmail/arcade_gmail/tools/gmail.py
index 118d57bf..ab5247e7 100644
--- a/toolkits/gmail/arcade_gmail/tools/gmail.py
+++ b/toolkits/gmail/arcade_gmail/tools/gmail.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import base64
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
 import re
 from base64 import urlsafe_b64decode
 from typing import Annotated
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-from google.auth.credentials import Credentials
+from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials
 from googleapiclient.discovery import build
 
 from arcade.core.schema import ToolContext
@@ -11,6 +13,40 @@ from arcade.sdk import tool
 from arcade.sdk.auth import Google
 
 
+@tool(
+    requires_auth=Google(
+        scope=["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.compose"],
+    )
+)
+async def write_draft(
+    context: ToolContext,
+    subject: Annotated[str, "The subject of the email"],
+    body: Annotated[str, "The body of the email"],
+    recipient: Annotated[str, "The recipient of the email"],
+) -> Annotated[str, "The URL of the draft"]:
+    """Compose a new email draft."""
+
+    # Set up the Gmail API client
+    service = build("gmail", "v1", credentials=Credentials(context.authorization.token))
+
+    message = MIMEText(body)
+    message["to"] = recipient
+    message["subject"] = subject
+
+    # Encode the message in base64
+    raw_message = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(message.as_bytes()).decode()
+
+    # Create the draft
+    draft = {"message": {"raw": raw_message}}
+
+    draft_message = service.users().drafts().create(userId="me", body=draft).execute()
+    return f"Draft created: {get_draft_url(draft_message['id'])}"
+
+
+def get_draft_url(draft_id):
+    return f"https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#drafts/{draft_id}"
+
+
 @tool(
     requires_auth=Google(
         scope=["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly"],
diff --git a/toolkits/slack/arcade_slack/__init__.py b/toolkits/slack/arcade_slack/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/toolkits/slack/arcade_slack/tools/__init__.py b/toolkits/slack/arcade_slack/tools/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/toolkits/slack/arcade_slack/tools/chat.py b/toolkits/slack/arcade_slack/tools/chat.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42f7f222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkits/slack/arcade_slack/tools/chat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+from typing import Annotated
+from arcade.core.schema import ToolContext
+from arcade.sdk import tool
+from arcade.sdk.auth import SlackUser
+from slack_sdk import WebClient
+from slack_sdk.errors import SlackApiError
+
+
+@tool(
+    requires_auth=SlackUser(
+        scope=["chat:write", "im:write", "users.profile:read", "users:read"],
+    )
+)
+def send_dm_to_user(
+    context: ToolContext,
+    user_name: Annotated[str, "The Slack username of the person you want to message"],
+    message: Annotated[str, "The message you want to send"],
+):
+    """Send a direct message to a user in Slack."""
+
+    slackClient = WebClient(token=context.authorization.token)
+
+    try:
+        # Step 1: Retrieve the user's Slack ID based on their username
+        response = slackClient.users_list()
+        user_id = None
+        for user in response["members"]:
+            if user["name"].lower() == user_name.lower():
+                user_id = user["id"]
+                break
+
+        if not user_id:
+            # does this end up as a developerMessage?
+            # does it end up in the LLM context?
+            # provide the dev an Error type that controls what ends up in the LLM context
+            raise ValueError(f"User with username '{user_name}' not found.")
+
+        # Step 2: Retrieve the DM channel ID with the user
+        im_response = slackClient.conversations_open(users=[user_id])
+        dm_channel_id = im_response["channel"]["id"]
+
+        # Step 3: Send the message as if it's from you (because we're using a user token)
+        slackClient.chat_postMessage(channel=dm_channel_id, text=message)
+
+    except SlackApiError as e:
+        # this should be caught also, not printed
+        print(f"Error sending message: {e.response['error']}")
diff --git a/toolkits/slack/pyproject.toml b/toolkits/slack/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8efae88d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkits/slack/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "arcade_slack"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Slack tools for LLMs"
+authors = ["Nate Barbettini <nate@arcade-ai.com>"]
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.10"
+arcade-ai = "^0.1.0"
+slack-sdk = "^3.31.0"
+
+[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
+pytest = "^7.4.0"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"