Slack launched Slack Code, which creates a dedicated shared channel whenever someone mentions a coding agent, so a team can follow and steer the work instead of one person doing it alone in a private tab. The channel shows code changes and live previews and archives itself when the job is done, staying searchable. It works today with Anthropic's Claude, Cognition's Devin, GitHub Copilot and Vercel, with OpenAI's ChatGPT to follow.
What changed
Working with a coding agent happened in a private browser tab or terminal, outside the team conversation.
What it unlocks
Mentioning a coding agent in Slack to open a shared channel where the team watches code changes and previews as the agent works, with an archived record afterwards.
- over 70% of code channels open and close same day
What you need to act on it
- Slack workspace
- an integration for Claude, Devin, GitHub Copilot or Vercel
- OpenAI's ChatGPT not yet available
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