Slackâlike seemingly every other software company in Silicon Valley these daysâis staking its claim in the so-called vibe coding business.

The workplace communication platform has debuted a new feature called Slack Code, which lets teams collaborate with software-building AI agents directly within group chats. According to a demo video posted to X on Wednesday evening by Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce (which acquired Slack in 2020), users can simply tag an agent when they need a little automated assistance. It will then start a new chat, automatically including all the relevant team members and the context it needs to complete the task. A project manager whoâs notified about a software bug by a colleague, for example, can tag Claude Code, Devin, GitHub Copilot, or a similar coding agent to build and ship the fixed product without having to wait for a (human) engineer, who may be busy with other tasks.

Donât code alone. Slack Code is live.

Humans and agents. Same channel. Same work.

Launching today with agents from @AnthropicAI, @github, @Cognition, and @vercel. This is real multiplayer coding. See it at @Dreamforce #DF26 pic.twitter.com/scVeLgIgZR— Marc Benioff (@Benioff) August 20, 2026

Available now for all Slack plans, Slack Code also requires âhuman sign-off on high-stakes actions like merging code to production, all governed by Slack’s built-in enterprise security model,â according to company spokesperson Gianna Dimick. (Assuming it works, it’s a good design choice, considering how prone agents are to misinterpreting instructions and  deleting codebases.)

As is the case with almost all workplace-facing AI products, Slack is promoting its new collaborative coding tool as a way for employees to boost productivityâspecifically by summoning agents directly within Slack rather than opening a whole other browser window, and looping in colleagues rather than having to keep multiple chats going at once. âThis isnât your traditional coding experience, with one person and one agent working in a silo on their own,â Slack VP of product Katie Steigman said in the demo video. âIn the Code channel, the whole team and the agent work together on the build. Thereâs no specialized tools needed, and itâs all right here in Slackâ¦Nobodyâs out of the loop, nobody needs an extra meeting. Work just feels more efficient.â

Users can follow the agentsâ progress in the channel as they build, then review an HTML preview when itâs ready. Once the team approves the finished product, the agent automatically archives the channel.

Itâs the latest chapter in Slackâs ongoing strategy, and by now a familiar playbook among tech companies desperately trying to sell AI to businesses, to sell agents as digital, almost completely autonomous coworkers. Slack introduced Slackbot earlier this year, framing it as an in-platform AI assistant with a deep, constantly updating awareness of each userâs particular work style. Salesforceâs awkwardly titled Agentforce Coworker is described by the company in similar terms: âan experienced coworker from day one.”