Anthropic has introduced Claude Tag, a new capability that embeds its AI assistant into Slack channels so teams can interact with the model as if it were another team member. The feature allows users to tag Claude in channel conversations, granting the assistant access only to selected channels and tools set by system administrators.
Once tagged, Claude Tag decomposes assigned tasks into discrete stages, uses available integrations and tools to execute each stage, and posts the resulting work product back into the channel thread. Anthropic describes a range of supported activities including drafting or merging pull requests, performing data analysis, and assisting in incident response.
Claude Tag is designed to build and retain context by following the flow of channel conversations so that teammates do not have to repeatedly explain details to the assistant. When users enable ambient behavior, the system will proactively surface relevant information across channels and will follow up on threads that remain unresolved, according to Anthropic.
Within any given channel, a single instance of Claude interacts with all members, which allows colleagues to resume interactions begun by others. Organizations can govern access on a per-channel basis: administrators set which channels and tools the assistant may use. Anthropic notes that separate Claude instances keep distinct memories and permissions to support different functions - for example, sales and engineering use cases can be segregated.
Anthropic also stated that roughly 65% of its product team’s code now originates from an internal deployment of Claude Tag, underscoring the company’s internal reliance on the tool for software development workflows.
The feature is available in beta today for customers on the Claude Enterprise and Team plans who use Slack. Anthropic said it intends to expand Claude Tag to other platforms over time. Technically, the service runs on Opus 4.8 and replaces the existing Claude in Slack app.
How it works - key functional points:
- Tagging: Users invoke Claude by tagging it in a channel, giving it defined access to that channel and any enabled tools.
- Task orchestration: Claude breaks tasks into stages, executes stages with available tools, and returns results in threads.
- Context and ambient behavior: The assistant follows conversations to reduce repetitive context-setting and can proactively surface relevant information when ambient behavior is on.
Anthropic’s rollout begins on Slack in beta for Enterprise and Team customers, with plans to broaden platform availability in the future.