Claude Code Is Coming To Slack

Anthropic is bringing Claude Code directly into Slack, letting developers spin up coding sessions from chat threads and automate workflows without leaving the app. TechCrunch reports: Previously, developers could only get lightweight coding help via Claude in Slack -- like writing snippets, debugging, and explanations. Now they can tag @Claude to spin up a complete coding session using Slack context like bug reports or feature requests. Claude analyzes recent messages to determine the right repository, posts progress updates in threads, and shares links to review work and open pull requests.

The move reflects a broader industry shift: AI coding assistants are migrating from IDEs (integrated development environment, where software development happens) into collaboration tools where teams already work. [...] While Anthropic has not yet confirmed when it would make a broader rollout available, the timing is strategic. The AI coding market is getting more competitive, and differentiation is starting to depend more on integration depth and distribution than model capability alone.

They can't really sell AI coding to developers

[dubist]

By doing this they will have access to a layer of management that is more likely to push the tech into the development lifecycle while being completely oblivious to the harm it is likely to cause..

Re: They can't really sell AI coding to developers

[simlox]

As with a lot of other tools: Show a lot of fancy tools to managers, prepare some demos, where it works nicely. Sold. But low - or even negative - value in the daily workflow. AI coding is a perfect fit for this, as the inexperienced coder, i.e. middle management, can themselves make something, that seems useable, but is hard to actually get to wirk.

Re:They can't really sell AI coding to developers

[phantomfive]

It's kind of great actually, it makes it easier for my CEO to generate code and tell me to integrate it into our product. AI in Slack si the feature I've been waiting for all my career.

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[coofercat]

I wonder if they've done it, but know it's sub-optimal. If anything, they'd probably be better off adding chat to VSCode and then AI-ing that - but that's a hard proposition, and people have tried and failed to make extensions like that actually be useful.

If you're an AI company, you could definitely see there being something in having an AI involved in the discussions about design or development that go on in dev teams everywhere. That is, the AI could (at the very least) gain context for subsequent 'vibe

Sounds like a bigger surface area to vacuum

[evanh]

What better way to reach into internal networks to collect training material.

More ways to get rogered. 2025, best year ever

[sg_oneill]

Oh cool. Now its not just chat bots, but chat clients can take our jobs too.

What a world to live in.

Slack

[bjoast]

Slack already is distracting garbage that only makes me sad every time I am forced to use it. I am sure this will not in any way improve the situation.

Alternatives

[Meneth]

WikiMedia has been doing some research [wikimedia.org] into alternatives to Slack and found that Matrix is the best.

Zulip and Mattermost may look cool, but they have annoying monetization structures for orgs over a dozen people.

very risky

[ZipNada]

I'm looking at their example, it seems very unsatisfactory. "Response exceeded 30s limit", so the AI implemented a "bounded exponential backoff" for that endpoint. All that does is slap a bandaid on the problem. What really needs to happen is an examination of why this thing is taking so long.

Also, any time I see the AI say "Perfect! I have successfully implemented X, Y, and Z" it is a red flag. I'll tell you when you're done buddy, and this ain't it.

In an IDE you can say something as simple as 'no, we need