{"company":{"name":"Slack","slug":"slack","website":"https://slack.com","category":"productivity"},"question":"What has Slack shipped recently?","answer":"In the last 30 days, Slack shipped 23 tracked updates. The most recent was \"The Best Personal AI Assistants of 2026\" on 2026-09-20.","window":{"days":30,"updateCount":23,"returned":23},"generatedAt":"2026-09-22T13:53:23.571Z","updates":[{"title":"The Best Personal AI Assistants of 2026","summary":"Slack’s blog post positions Slackbot as a leading personal AI assistant for 2026, emphasizing its ability to leverage workplace context from conversations, files, and projects within Slack. The post contrasts Slackbot with generic AI assistants, highlighting its integration with existing workflows and data.","date":"2026-09-20","dateIsEstimated":true,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://slack.com/blog/ai/personal-ai-assistants","publisher":"slack.com"},{"title":"Guide to Successful Incident Management Communication","summary":"Slack released a detailed guide on structured incident management communication, emphasizing stakeholder mapping, role assignments, and real-time update cadences. The post positions Slack as a tool for organizing war rooms and external stakeholder updates during incidents.","date":"2026-09-20","dateIsEstimated":true,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://slack.com/blog/collaboration/incident-management-communication","publisher":"slack.com"},{"title":"Best AI Chatbot Solutions for Business in 2026","summary":"Slack’s blog positions its built-in AI tools—Slackbot and Slack AI—as leading enterprise chatbot solutions for 2026, emphasizing their context-aware capabilities within Slack’s workspace. The post contrasts consumer AI chatbots with enterprise-grade tools that integrate permissions, internal data, and workflows, while promoting Slack’s offerings alongside competitors like Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT Enterprise.","date":"2026-09-20","dateIsEstimated":true,"signalType":"content_marketing","signalTypeLabel":"Content","sourceUrl":"https://slack.com/blog/ai/best-ai-chatbot-solutions","publisher":"slack.com"},{"title":"Dreamforce 2026: Slack’s newest innovations turn AI into a true teammate","summary":"Slack unveiled Slackbot as an AI teammate with long-term conversational memory, enabling teams to collaborate on AI-generated outputs directly in channels. New Slackforce integration brings Salesforce data into live, interactive surfaces within Slack, while Slack Code enables real-time collaborative coding with AI agents. Frontline-focused Slack Frontline was also previewed.","date":"2026-09-20","dateIsEstimated":true,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://slack.com/blog/news/ai-powered-interface-for-work","publisher":"slack.com"},{"title":"What should I delegate to Grok Bot? Trying out a way to organize internal requests using Slack and GitHub","summary":"A third-party AI agent, Grok Bot by xAI, is being tested to connect Slack and GitHub, automating the collection and categorization of internal feedback into actionable development tasks. The bot operates in the cloud and requires OAuth permissions via Cursor’s app name.","date":"2026-09-20","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://note.com/yoooheeei/n/n1645b449aac1?hl=en","publisher":"note.com"},{"title":"Tech titan unveils surprising new role for Slack in AI expansion","summary":"Salesforce’s new AIforce layer enables AI agents like Anthropic’s Claude to access Salesforce data directly through Slack, positioning Slack as the primary interface for customer workflows. Slackbot users grew 150% quarter-over-quarter, and agentic work units across Salesforce’s ecosystem reached 3.2 billion in Q2.","date":"2026-09-20","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article317312620.html","publisher":"sacbee.com"},{"title":"Release: Slack CLI v4.8.0","summary":"Slack released CLI v4.8.0 with new manifest synchronization capabilities, a --manifest-source flag for run/deploy commands, and support for the code_channels app manifest feature. It also fixes lingering UI artifacts from interactive prompts.","date":"2026-09-15","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://docs.slack.dev/changelog/2026/09/15/slack-cli","publisher":"docs.slack.dev"},{"title":"Slackforce is here. Introducing Surfaces: live interfaces anyone can build and everyone can act on","summary":"Slack introduced Slackforce Surfaces, enabling anyone to build live, interactive interfaces (dashboards, reports, decks) directly in Slack using natural language prompts. These surfaces pull real-time data from Salesforce and other connected systems, remain live and updated, and can be pinned to channels for team collaboration without requiring manual rebuilds or analyst intervention.","date":"2026-09-13","dateIsEstimated":true,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://slack.com/blog/productivity/slack-surfaces","publisher":"slack.com"},{"title":"Slack lets you build interactive tools just by describing them","summary":"Slack launched 'Slackforce Surfaces,' an AI-driven feature allowing users to create interactive reports, dashboards, and microsites directly within Slack by describing their needs. The tool pulls data from conversations and connected apps like Google Drive or Salesforce, with permissions granted by users. It is available to all customers with Slackbot enabled, including free-tier users.","date":"2026-09-11","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/slack-lets-you-build-interactive-tools-just-by-describing-them/story","publisher":"newsbytesapp.com"},{"title":"Slackforce Surfaces lets teams build dashboards inside Slack","summary":"Slack introduced Slackforce Surfaces, a feature allowing users to describe and build dashboards, reports, and interactive tools directly within Slack using plain language. The feature draws from connected apps like Salesforce and Google Drive, with live-data support planned for October 2026.","date":"2026-09-11","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://tbreak.com/slackforce-surfaces-dashboards-inside-slack/","publisher":"tbreak.com"},{"title":"Slack can now vibe-code interactive charts and reports inside chats","summary":"Slack introduced Slackforce Surfaces, an AI feature enabling users to describe and generate interactive reports, dashboards, and tools directly in chats via Slackbot. The tool pulls data from connected apps like Google Drive or Salesforce and allows team collaboration on shared surfaces starting in October.","date":"2026-09-10","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.theverge.com/tech/989853/slackforce-surfaces-launch","publisher":"theverge.com"},{"title":"Slack Is the Work OS for People and AI: What’s New from Our Dreamforce Announcement","summary":"Slack announced at Dreamforce that it is evolving into an AI-powered Work OS, integrating Salesforce data and AI agents directly into its interface. New features include an all-new Slackbot, Code Channels, and Slack Surfaces that bring Salesforce use cases like deal channels and swarming into the workflow.","date":"2026-09-07","dateIsEstimated":true,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://slack.com/events/slack-is-the-work-os-for-people-and-ai","publisher":"slack.com"},{"title":"Adobe Slack Integration: How Creative Professionals Can Work Smarter","summary":"Adobe launched Adobe for Slack, integrating over 70 creative and productivity tools directly into Slack via Slackbot. Users can create, edit, and refine content without leaving Slack, leveraging AI-driven workflows and Creative Cloud assets. Available globally to Slack Business+ and Enterprise+ customers.","date":"2026-09-04","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.analyticsinsight.net/business/adobe-slack-integration-how-creative-professionals-can-work-smarter","publisher":"analyticsinsight.net"},{"title":"Adobe brings Photoshop, Firefly, Acrobat and 70+ creative tools to Slack","summary":"Adobe launched 'Adobe for Slack,' integrating over 70 creative and productivity tools—including Photoshop, Firefly, Acrobat, and Express—directly into Slack starting September 3. Users can invoke these tools via Slackbot using natural language, leveraging conversation context to generate or edit content without leaving Slack. The integration targets Business+ and Enterprise+ customers globally.","date":"2026-09-03","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.fortuneindia.com/technology/adobe-brings-photoshop-firefly-acrobat-and-70-creative-tools-to-slack/157462","publisher":"fortuneindia.com"},{"title":"Adobe Brings 70+ Tools From Photoshop, Illustrator And More To Slack","summary":"Adobe launched an integration with Slack, bringing over 70 tools from its creative and productivity apps (Photoshop, Illustrator, Firefly, etc.) directly into Slack. Users can now complete tasks like image edits or content creation without leaving Slack, with Slackbot handling tool selection. The integration is available now for Slack Business+ and Enterprise+ customers.","date":"2026-09-03","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.aol.com/articles/adobe-brings-70-tools-photoshop-001045000.html","publisher":"aol.com"},{"title":"Adobe integrates Photoshop, Acrobat, Firefly, Express, InDesign into Slack chats","summary":"Adobe launched an integration with Slack that allows Business+ and Enterprise+ users to access Photoshop, Acrobat, Firefly, Express, and InDesign directly within Slack chats using an AI-powered Slackbot. The Adobe for Slack MCP app consolidates over 70 Adobe tools, enabling users to type requests and have Slackbot automatically select the appropriate tool for tasks like PDF editing or image tweaking.","date":"2026-09-02","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/adobe-integrates-photoshop-acrobat-firefly-express-indesign-into-slack-chats/tldr","publisher":"newsbytesapp.com"},{"title":"Slack Feature Drop: Where Agents are Heating Up","summary":"Slack introduced Slack Code, enabling team-based agentic coding in dedicated channels with real-time collaboration and oversight. Slackbot now supports deeper, context-aware interactions, and AI-enhanced workflows can summarize, translate, and draft content within Workflow Builder.","date":"2026-09-01","dateIsEstimated":true,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://slack.com/blog/news/slack-feature-drop-august2026","publisher":"slack.com"},{"title":"Meta is dropping Google Chat for Slack because it says agents work better there","summary":"Meta is migrating internal communications from Google Chat to Slack, citing Slack’s superior platform for AI agents due to its conversational interface, developer tooling, and third-party integrations. The move underscores the strategic importance of AI-ready ecosystems in enterprise collaboration tools.","date":"2026-09-01","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"integration","signalTypeLabel":"Integration","sourceUrl":"https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-slack-ai-agents-europe-sovereign-collaboration-data-act-switching","publisher":"thenextweb.com"},{"title":"Adobe brings Photoshop, Firefly, and 70+ creative tools to Slack with MCP app","summary":"Adobe launched an MCP app for Slack that integrates over 70 creative tools, including Photoshop, Firefly, Acrobat, and Premiere, directly into Slackbot. Users can edit images, videos, and PDFs, generate visuals from text, and search Creative Cloud assets without leaving Slack. The app is available globally to Slack Business+ and Enterprise+ customers starting today.","date":"2026-09-01","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"integration","signalTypeLabel":"Integration","sourceUrl":"https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/02/adobe-brings-photoshop-firefly-and-70-creative-tools-to-slack-with-mcp-app/","publisher":"9to5mac.com"},{"title":"Updated installation requirement for Slack Marketplace apps","summary":"Slack increased the minimum installation requirement for apps submitting to the Slack Marketplace from a temporary lower threshold to 10 active workspaces as of July 2026. Apps must maintain this threshold throughout the review process.","date":"2026-09-01","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://docs.slack.dev/changelog/2026/09/01/slack-marketplace-install-requirement","publisher":"docs.slack.dev"},{"title":"Slackbot: Your Agentic AI Workspace for Deep Work","summary":"Slack introduced three major AI-powered features for Slackbot: Skill Sets to bundle and share skills across teams, Deep Research to synthesize insights from organizational and public data, and Big Mode for full-screen, agentic workspaces. Advanced Features are available immediately for Enterprise+ customers without compute limits at launch.","date":"2026-08-28","dateIsEstimated":true,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://slack.com/blog/news/slackbot-ai-workspace-for-deep-work","publisher":"slack.com"},{"title":"Gumloop Brings AI Agents to Slack: How Teams Can Automate Work Inside Chat","summary":"Gumloop launched a Slack integration that embeds AI agents into team conversations, allowing users to automate tasks like research, reporting, and information retrieval via @mentions. Agents can interact with connected tools such as Gmail, Google Drive, and Salesforce while adhering to existing Slack permissions and security controls.","date":"2026-08-27","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.analyticsinsight.net/artificial-intelligence/gumloop-brings-ai-agents-to-slack-how-teams-can-automate-work-inside-chat","publisher":"analyticsinsight.net"},{"title":"Darwinbox Cortex™ Comes to Slack, a Salesforce Company","summary":"Darwinbox launched its AI-native HCM platform, Cortex™, on the Slack Marketplace, enabling employees to retrieve workforce data, raise requests, and complete approvals directly within Slack threads. The integration supports natural language queries, approvals, and onboarding tasks while improving responses over time.","date":"2026-08-26","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"integration","signalTypeLabel":"Integration","sourceUrl":"https://www.afp.com/en/infos/darwinbox-cortextm-comes-slack-salesforce-company","publisher":"afp.com"}],"attribution":{"source":"Spyingbee","url":"https://spyingbee.com/updates/slack","citation":"Spyingbee, \"Slack updates\", https://spyingbee.com/updates/slack (retrieved 2026-09-22)"}}