- @Claude is an AI colleague that your colleagues can see
- You will answer questions and proactively contribute when helpful.
- Teams first, other platforms later, but remember to set spending limits
In a bid to make its AI assistant even more collaborative, Anthropic launched Claude Tag in Slack to make it more like interacting with a real colleague.
But by tagging @Claude in a discussion, the AI reads the context of the discussion to respond with relevant information, answer questions, summarize long conversations, identify updates, and surface missing information.
The shared assistant allows multiple people to interact with the same instance of Claude, instead of everyone having separate chats with AI.
You can now tag @Claude in Slack
“We’re tagging Claude to look up product metrics and data, work on support tickets, or even help find the root cause of complicated errors,” Anthropic said of its own internal use of the tool, powered by Opus 4.8.
Anthropic described Claude Tag as a virtual teammate, but the existing Slack connector for Claude gives the chatbot access to the app’s context for users who still want to have private conversations with the tool.
Claude Tag can also connect to external tools; For example, a Gmail connection monitors incoming emails and notifies users within Slack in an attempt to keep everything in one place.
The built-in chatbot also promises to “take the lead” by displaying relevant information when a discussion is taking place or setting action item reminders when a conversation goes silent.
Claude Tag is available for Enterprise and Team customers in the research preview. Anthropic is giving away a “launch credit” for users to try it out, but the company recommends setting a spending limit.
Although Slack is the first platform supported by Claude Tag, the company promises to work on integrating it into other workplace tools as well.
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