🤖Channels SDK Unveils Native UI for Slack and Teams
Your AI agents now have a native home on Slack and Teams
TL;DR
The Channels SDK enables AI agents to interact natively with Slack, Microsoft Teams, and more. Agents can understand conversations, stream responses, call tools, work with files, and render interactive UIs. Supports AG-UI-compatible agents like CopilotKit's built-in agent.
Channels SDK launches native UI support for Slack Block Kit and Teams Adaptive Cards, allowing AI agents to interact seamlessly across communication platforms. This means your AI can now understand conversations, stream responses, call tools, work with files, and render interactive UIs directly in the platform. The SDK supports AG-UI-compatible agents like CopilotKit's built-in agent, LangGraph, CrewAI, Mastra, Pydantic AI, Google ADK, and others. Managed connections are available through CopilotKit Intelligence for Slack and Microsoft Teams, making it easy to integrate your existing tools.
Key Points
SDK supports AG-UI-compatible agents including CopilotKit's built-in agent, LangGraph, CrewAI, Mastra, Pydantic AI, Google ADK (20+ tools total)
Channels platform requires Node.js 22 or later and a long-running Node process or container
Managed connections available through CopilotKit Intelligence for Slack and Microsoft Teams
SDK ships with the Runtime as a tested pair; users should upgrade both packages together
Complete app example provided, including OpenTag on-call triage assistant built with Channels
Why It Matters
If you're using Slack or Teams for team communication and want to integrate AI agents like CopilotKit's built-in agent, the new Channels SDK flips the script. It provides a native UI experience that allows your agents to understand conversations, stream responses, call tools, work with files, and render interactive UIs directly in the platform. This is particularly useful for teams looking to enhance their communication platforms with AI without having to build everything from scratch.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does this matter?
If you're using Slack or Teams for team communication and want to integrate AI agents like CopilotKit's built-in agent, the new Channels SDK flips the script. It provides a native UI experience that allows your agents to understand conversations, stream responses, call tools, work with files, and render interactive UIs directly in the platform. This is particularly useful for teams looking to enhance their communication platforms with AI without having to build everything from scratch.
What happened?
The Channels SDK enables AI agents to interact natively with Slack, Microsoft Teams, and more. Agents can understand conversations, stream responses, call tools, work with files, and render interactive UIs. Supports AG-UI-compatible agents like CopilotKit's built-in agent.
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