What can an AI agent do with Slack?

A Slack AI agent can monitor channels for keywords, post daily summaries or reports, search conversation history, find team members, send messages, and create channels, acting as an autonomous AI agent for workspace communication. Write actions require your approval.

Which Slack channels can my agent access?

Your agent can access any public channel and private channels it has been invited to, using your connected account's permissions.

Will my agent post messages without asking?

No. Sending messages is a write action that requires your approval in safe and plan permission modes. You can configure auto-approval for trusted workflows.

How is a Slack AI agent different from Slack workflows?

Slack workflows handle simple if-then triggers within Slack. A Slack AI agent reasons across tools: it reads channel history, synthesizes context, writes summaries in plain language, and posts updates that actually say something. It understands intent, not just conditions.

Communication

Slack, run by an agent.

An AI agent that monitors channels and posts updates across your Slack workspace.

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What it does without asking

40 tools

admin apps approved list
admin apps requests list
admin conversations search
fetch bot user information
fetch conversation history
fetch current team info with optional team scope
fetch dnd status for multiple team members
fetch item reactions
fetch message thread from a conversation
fetch team info
fetch workspace settings information
find channels
find user by email address
find users
get channel conversation preferences
get reminder information
get remote file
get team dnd status
get user presence info
list accessible conversations for a user
list all channels
list all slack team channels with various filters
list all slack team users with pagination
list all users
list all users in a user group
list conversations
list files with filters in slack
list reminders
list remote files
list scheduled messages
list scheduled messages in a channel
list slack s remote files with filters
list starred items
list team custom emojis
list user groups for team with options
list user reactions
list user reminders with details
list workspace users
lists pinned items in a channel
lists user s starred items with pagination

These run without asking so your agent can gather what it needs. Anything that changes Slack goes through approval: your agent shows you the plan first, and you can approve a recurring task once so it runs unattended after that.

A real run

An example of how a run works, including the approval step. Not a Slack run.

Google Ads

Paid search

Working

review last week's google ads and cut wasted spend.

Queried Google Ads · last 7 days · 4 campaigns

Analyzed search terms · 312 terms · 18 with zero conversions

Drafted changes · 12 negative keywords · 2 budget shifts

Found $1,840/mo going to search terms that never convert. I'd add 12 negatives and move that budget to your two best campaigns. This changes the account, so it's your call before I touch anything.

Plan approval

Add 12 negative keywords stops $1,840/mo on terms with 0 conversions · reversible
Shift budget move the freed spend to your 2 best campaigns · roas 4.2×

Waiting for your approval. Nothing runs until a human decides.

example

Connecting Slack

About 10 minutes

Auth: OAuth, managed
Setup: About 10 minutes

Example tasks

Real work people hand to an agent that uses Slack.

Post a daily standup summary by reading updates from team channels
Monitor a support channel and escalate urgent messages to the right person
Cross-post important announcements from email to relevant Slack channels
Search conversation history for decisions made about a specific project

Questions

Common questions about putting an agent on Slack.

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