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Claude + Slack: an AI teammate in every channel.

Build Claude-powered Slack bots — answer questions, summarize threads, draft responses, triage requests. The most natural fit for AI in a chat-first team.

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Trigger app

Slack as the trigger

Workflows fire when something happens in Slack.

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Action app

Anthropic as the action

Workflows do something in Anthropic, instantly.

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Both directions

Pick the way that fits your stack.

Pair pages are mirrored. Each direction gets its own dedicated page.

Slack → Anthropic

When something happens in Slack, do it in Anthropic.

13 Slack triggers wired to 21 Anthropic actions. Most-used pairing: App Home Opened → Analyze Image.

Anthropic → Slack

Or fire it the other way around.

0 Anthropic triggers wired to 45 Slack actions downstream.

Use any trigger in the catalog as the upstream.

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Popular pairings

Common Slack → Anthropic workflows.

Pick a pairing to set it up in two minutes. Each one is a fully editable recipe.

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When app home opened in Slack, analyze image in Anthropic.

Fires when a user opens your Slack app's Home tab or DM. Useful for refreshing the Home view, lazy-loading user-specific data, or tracking app engagement.

When app home opened in Slack, cancel message batch in Anthropic.

Fires when a user opens your Slack app's Home tab or DM. Useful for refreshing the Home view, lazy-loading user-specific data, or tracking app engagement.

When app home opened in Slack, computer use in Anthropic.

Fires when a user opens your Slack app's Home tab or DM. Useful for refreshing the Home view, lazy-loading user-specific data, or tracking app engagement.

When app home opened in Slack, count tokens in Anthropic.

Fires when a user opens your Slack app's Home tab or DM. Useful for refreshing the Home view, lazy-loading user-specific data, or tracking app engagement.

When app mentioned in Slack, analyze image in Anthropic.

Fires when your Slack app is mentioned in a message. The standard hook for chatbots that answer when summoned with @your-app.

When app mentioned in Slack, cancel message batch in Anthropic.

Fires when your Slack app is mentioned in a message. The standard hook for chatbots that answer when summoned with @your-app.

When app mentioned in Slack, computer use in Anthropic.

Fires when your Slack app is mentioned in a message. The standard hook for chatbots that answer when summoned with @your-app.

When app mentioned in Slack, count tokens in Anthropic.

Fires when your Slack app is mentioned in a message. The standard hook for chatbots that answer when summoned with @your-app.

When new channel in Slack, analyze image in Anthropic.

Fires when a new Slack channel is created in the workspace. Useful for auto-adding the bot, welcome messages, or governance audit logs.

How it works

Connect Slack and Anthropic in five steps.

No code, no glue, no half-day setup. Each step is one click.

1
Connect
Authorize Slack and Anthropic
Open TinyCommand, authorize Slack and Anthropic once each. Both connections are available to every workflow on your account.
2
Trigger
Pick a Slack trigger
Drop the Slack → App Home Opened trigger onto the canvas. TinyCommand auto-registers the webhook.
POST /v1/webhooks/slack.trigger-app-home-opened
3
Transform
Add a filter or AI step
Optionally add a Filter node ("subject contains URGENT") or an AI step ("classify intent") between trigger and action.
4
Action
Add the Anthropic action
Drop the Anthropic → Analyze Image action below it. Map fields from the Slack payload into the Anthropic inputs.
anthropic.create-message-with-image
5
Publish
Publish and forget
Hit Publish. TinyCommand runs it in production from second one. Watch the run-log fill up.

FAQ

Questions about Slack + Anthropic.

How do I build a Claude bot in Slack?

Slack App Mentioned trigger → fetch recent channel history for context → Claude Create Message → Slack Reply in Thread. The bot now answers when @-mentioned in any channel it's in.

Can Claude summarize a long Slack thread?

Yes. Use a slash command like /summarize. Workflow: Slack Slash Command trigger → Get Thread Replies → Claude summarizes → reply with the summary as an ephemeral message visible only to the requester.

How do I give Claude knowledge of internal docs (RAG)?

Index Notion/Confluence/Drive into a vector store (Pinecone, Weaviate). On each question, retrieve top-3 docs, pass to Claude as context. Cite sources in the reply so users can verify and trust.

Can Claude triage support requests posted in #help channels?

Yes. New Message in #help → Claude classifies (urgency + team) → either answer directly if Claude is confident, or @-mention the right team with a one-line summary. Massive time-saver for cross-team async.

How do I avoid Claude responding to bot messages or its own replies?

Filter the Slack trigger to skip messages with subtype = "bot_message" and skip messages where the bot user is the sender. Otherwise the bot loops on its own output forever.

Can I use Claude tool-calling to take actions from Slack?

Yes. Define tools like "create_jira_issue", "search_docs", "update_record". Claude decides which to call based on the user's message; the workflow executes the call and feeds results back. Powers agentic Slack bots without code.

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