Kartavya Kant Tiwari

Slack, on Thursday, announced the expansion of the platform to let developers build artificial intelligence (AI) tools and agentic workflows based on its conversational data. The system is based on a real-time search (RTS) application programming interface (API), a dedicated Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, and developer-focused tools such as Block Kit Tables. With this, the enterprise-focused communication and collaboration platform will let third-party developers and even enterprises build secure and context-aware AI apps and agents that can access the platform's chat data to automate tasks. Slack to Let Developers Access Its Data for AI Apps and Agents Traditionally, AI assistants in workplace tools have struggled because they lacked context. From chat histories, thread details, to task-based nuances remain fragmented behind data silos. Slack, in a press release, stated that it aims to break those barriers by letting third-party AI app and agent developers access its convers...