{
  "id": 2169666,
  "title": "Salesforce introduces Slack Code to bring agentic team coding into the open",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/salesforce-introduces-slack-code-to-bring-agentic-team-coding-into",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-20T16:05:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SiliconANGLE",
    "slug": "siliconangle",
    "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/20/salesforce-introduces-slack-code-to-bring-agentic-team-coding-into-the-open/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Salesforce has unveiled Slack Code, a novel method for engaging with coding agents within a chat interface, ensuring transparency and collaborative efforts among all team members. These coding agents are transforming the way developers code and are also reshaping how businesses develop software. Salesforce advocates for the notion that all work is a \"multiplayer sport,\" a concept deeply embedded in their messaging platform, Slack. With coding agents becoming integral to the team, both experts and non-experts can interact directly with them to create applications for the enterprise. Slack Chief Marketing Officer Ryan Gavin explained to SiliconANGLE that individual work is often solitary, limiting the organization's potential returns. By making Slack more collaborative, Salesforce aims to foster a more open environment for teams to work closely with coding agents. These agents include well-known ones like Anthropic PBC’s Claude Code, Vercel Inc.’s v0, Cognition AI Inc.’s Devin, OpenAI Group PBC’s ChatGPT, and more. A team can begin a conversation in a channel about a new feature or a bug, and Slack Code will facilitate a different approach. Instead of splitting up to work on separate tasks, a team member can tag a coding agent, creating a dedicated Code Channel. This space allows the agent to work on the issue, displaying the code output in a canvas along with artifacts such as code changes (differences between the original and modified versions) and a working preview for the team to review. Gavin emphasized that this approach accelerates the process from an idea to code deployment, highlighting the concept of \"accelerated learning.\" While Slack Code won't entirely replace the need for engineers to perform complex coding tasks, it will ensure that the foundational scaffolding is in place, with timely feedback. This change is expected to reduce lifecycle churn, as developers will have a clear understanding of their work's direction and can make necessary adjustments before final deployment. Gavin also mentioned that agents accelerate the coding process, allowing more time for strategic thinking, creativity, optimization, and sharing enhancements. By involving stakeholders from outside the team early on, such as marketing or design team members, the development process can become more inclusive and efficient. Once a project progresses to the prototyping and deployment stages, engineers can be tagged to fine-tune the work. All these conversations remain accessible in Slack, ensuring that the team can revisit their work and track its evolution. Salesforce officially launched Slack Code today, offering access to agents from various AI vendors, compatible with any Slack plan. Salesforce also encourages the development of additional connectors using APIs to integrate third-party agents and harnesses. Access to the preferred agent is necessary for the functionality to work.",
  "summary": "Salesforce Inc. today introduced Slack Code, a new way to interact with coding agents in chat, with the whole team in the loop so everyone can see what’s happening at the conversational level. Coding agents are slowly changing how developers code; they’re also changing how enterprises build software. Salesforce has been pushing the idea that […] The post Salesforce introduces Slack Code to bring…",
  "key_points": [
    "Salesforce introduces Slack Code for collaborative coding agents",
    "Coding agents include Claude Code, v0, Devin, ChatGPT",
    "Slack Code accelerates from idea to deployment, fostering inclusivity"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}