Traditional applications have a fixed set of features that are hardwired in static UIs. In contrast, AI agents have virtually unlimited capabilities, driven by natural conversation. But if the future of applications is conversational, shouldn’t it expand beyond the confines of a chat box or a sidebar? Shouldn’t it take center stage?
Slack is already the place where we have conversations with teammates and get our work done. It’s where we bring our apps, data, and people together. So what if Agentforce became our new teammate — our highly capable AI collaborator, available 24/7 to tackle any request and perform any task. That is a reality today with Agentforce in Slack.
But as developers, how do we bring these powerful Agentforce agents into Slack? The great news is that any Agentforce agent can be exposed in Slack! Plus, you can enhance your agents with Slack-specific actions, making them even more powerful, engaging, and useful.
In the video below, we’ll walk you through the process of building an Agentforce agent and deploying it in Slack using a practical Conference Management agent as an example.
To get started, visit the Set up and manage Agentforce in Slack documentation and the Agentforce Configuration for Slack Deployment module on Trailhead.
About the author
Christophe Coenraets is Senior Vice President of Trailblazer Relations at Salesforce. He is a developer at heart with 25+ years of experience building enterprise applications, enabling technical audiences, and advising IT organizations.
