You can now use Claude Code, the programming agent from Anthropic, in Slack. With this new integration, developers can assign coding tasks right from their team chat threads. The goal of the beta feature is to close the gap between talking about a problem and putting its solution into action.
The move is a big change. AI coding tools are no longer just about how powerful they are. Now, success depends on being able to work smoothly in the places where teams are already working. Anthropic is putting its technology at the center of daily engineering communication by bringing Claude Code into Slack.
Reasons for Claude Code’s Change in Slack
The new feature makes Slack a place where you can manage coding work. When a developer tags @Claude in a channel, the system looks at the message and the conversation around it. It will automatically launch a new Claude Code session if it discovers a coding task.
It uses information from the Slack thread, such as bug reports or feature requests, to find the right code repository and start working. Updates on progress and a final link to review changes are posted back to the same thread so that everyone on the team knows what’s going on.
This integration is part of a bigger trend in the industry where AI assistants are becoming more than just separate tools. Other companies are doing the same things. GitHub Copilot has added chat features, and Cursor and other tools also work with Slack.
Becoming this “agentic hub” for AI is a smart move for Slack. The platform that most people use daily can change how entire engineering teams work.
Anthropic has a lot at stake in business. Reports say that Claude Code has become a major source of income, making more than a billion dollars a year just a few months after it came out. Netflix, Spotify, and Salesforce are just a few of the big companies that are already customers.
Putting Claude Code directly into Slack makes it more useful for these business clients and helps Anthropic stand out in a market that is getting more crowded, where differentiation is becoming more and more dependent on workflow integration.
In the end, the addition of Claude Code to Slack is more than just a new feature. It represents a significant transformation in the process of software development. The line between talking and doing is getting thinner.
This means that development teams will have shorter cycles and less disruptive context switching. For the industry, this is a new phase in which the best AI tool might be one that you can use without leaving your chat window.
