Overview
- Developers can tag @Claude in a Slack thread to have coding-related requests detected and routed to Claude Code using the conversation context and authenticated repositories.
- From Slack, Claude Code can launch a dedicated session to investigate bugs, implement fixes, write tests, post progress summaries, and provide a link to open a pull request.
- The feature is live as a research preview and uses the existing Claude Slack app, though teams must set up the web version of Claude Code and authorize repository access.
- Anthropic positions this as part of a shift toward AI-embedded collaboration, with rivals like Cursor and GitHub Copilot offering Slack workflows and custom bots bringing OpenAI models into chat.
- Anthropic touts Opus 4.5’s coding strength versus Gemini 3, while early tests flag safety gaps such as only a 78% refusal rate for malicious-code requests, raising security and access-control considerations for organizations.