diff --git a/src/agentchat-slack/src/lib.rs b/src/agentchat-slack/src/lib.rs
index 8712033..b63f5d9 100644
--- a/src/agentchat-slack/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/agentchat-slack/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub mod rendering;
 mod route;
 mod socket;
 mod transport;
+pub mod web_api;
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt;
diff --git a/src/agentchat-slack/src/web_api.rs b/src/agentchat-slack/src/web_api.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2697668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/agentchat-slack/src/web_api.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+//! Web API transport for applications that own HTTP ingress and durable delivery.
+//! OAuth and refresh remain application-owned; no Socket Mode token is needed.
+use crate::transport::WebClient;
+use agentchat_core::Result;
+use serde_json::Value;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct SlackWebApi {
+    client: WebClient,
+}
+
+impl SlackWebApi {
+    pub fn new(bot_token: String) -> Result<Self> {
+        Self::with_api_base(bot_token, "https://slack.com/api/")
+    }
+
+    /// Use only a trusted application-configured proxy or loopback test server.
+    pub fn with_api_base(bot_token: String, api_base: &str) -> Result<Self> {
+        if bot_token.trim().is_empty() {
+            return Err(agentchat_core::Error::InvalidInput(
+                "Slack bot_token is required".into(),
+            ));
+        }
+        Ok(Self {
+            client: WebClient::new(api_base, bot_token, String::new())?,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// One attempt. The application owns retries after uncertain writes.
+    pub async fn post(&self, method: &str, payload: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
+        validate_method(method)?;
+        self.client.call(method, payload).await.map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    pub async fn get(&self, method: &str, query: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
+        validate_method(method)?;
+        self.client.get(method, query).await.map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+}
+
+fn validate_method(method: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    if method.is_empty()
+        || !method
+            .bytes()
+            .all(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || c == b'.')
+        || method.starts_with('.')
+        || method.ends_with('.')
+        || method.contains("..")
+    {
+        return Err(agentchat_core::Error::InvalidInput(
+            "Expected a Slack Web API method".into(),
+        ));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use axum::{extract::Query, http::HeaderMap, routing::get, Json, Router};
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn host_ingress_uses_only_a_bot_token_and_preserves_provider_receipts() {
+        async fn read(headers: HeaderMap, Query(query): Query<Value>) -> Json<Value> {
+            assert_eq!(headers["authorization"], "Bearer bot-secret");
+            assert_eq!(query["channel"], "C123");
+            Json(serde_json::json!({"ok":true,"messages":[]}))
+        }
+        async fn post(headers: HeaderMap, Json(body): Json<Value>) -> Json<Value> {
+            assert_eq!(headers["authorization"], "Bearer bot-secret");
+            assert_eq!(body["ts"], "123.456");
+            Json(serde_json::json!({"ok":true,"channel":"C123","ts":"123.456"}))
+        }
+        let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+        let base = format!("http://{}", listener.local_addr().unwrap());
+        let app = Router::new()
+            .route("/conversations.history", get(read))
+            .route("/chat.update", axum::routing::post(post));
+        let server = tokio::spawn(async move { axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap() });
+        let api = SlackWebApi::with_api_base("bot-secret".into(), &base).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            api.get(
+                "conversations.history",
+                &serde_json::json!({"channel":"C123"})
+            )
+            .await
+            .unwrap()["ok"],
+            true
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            api.post(
+                "chat.update",
+                &serde_json::json!({"channel":"C123","ts":"123.456"})
+            )
+            .await
+            .unwrap()["ts"],
+            "123.456"
+        );
+        server.abort();
+        assert!(SlackWebApi::new(String::new()).is_err());
+        assert!(SlackWebApi::with_api_base("bot".into(), "http://example.com").is_err());
+        for method in [
+            "https://example.com",
+            "/chat.update",
+            "../chat.update",
+            "chat.update?token=x",
+        ] {
+            assert!(api.post(method, &serde_json::json!({})).await.is_err());
+        }
+    }
+}