- @Claude is an AI colleague that your colleagues can see
- It answers questions and proactively contributes where useful
- Keep first, other platforms later, but remember to set spending limits
In an effort to make its AI assistant even more collaborative, Anthropic has launched the 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 chats, identify updates, and show the missing information.
The shared assistant allows multiple people to interact with the same Claude instance, instead of everyone having separate chats with the AI.
You can now tag @Claude in Slack
“We tag Claude to hunt down product metrics and data, work through support tickets, or even help root for difficult bugs,” 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 discussions with the tool.
Claude Tag can also connect to external tools – for example, a Gmail connection monitors incoming emails and notifies users in Slack in an effort to keep everything in one place.
The built-in chatbot also promises to ‘take the initiative’ by displaying relevant information when a discussion is taking place, or by setting action point reminders when a chat goes silent.
Claude Tag is available to Enterprise and Team customers in 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 to support Claude Tag, the company promises to work on integrating it into other workplace tools as well.
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