Slack can now vibe-code interactive charts and reports inside chats
The Verge Emma Roth
Slack is adding AI-made charts, polls, and mini-sites right in chat. It can pull from chats and apps like Google Drive or Salesforce, then let coworkers comment on the result.
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Slack is getting a new feature called Slackforce Surfaces, and the pitch is simple: ask Slackbot for something in plain language, and it will build it right inside a chat. The result can be an interactive report, poll, dashboard, presentation, microsite, or another little tool instead of a static message thread.
The bot is supposed to gather information from relevant conversations and connected apps, including Google Drive and Salesforce, before putting the Surface together. Once it’s made, you can share it with colleagues, pin it to channels, and let other people open it, interact with it, and leave comments.
Slack’s example is a bit of a show-off move. A user asks for an arcade-themed visualization of AI token usage, which tells you the company wants this to feel less like a form and more like a quick creative layer on top of workplace data.
This is Slack trying to turn chat into a place where the work product itself lives, not just the conversation about it. That’s a very Slack idea, and also a very AI idea: make the interface do the assembling so people can skip the blank page and get to something shareable faster.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
This is the kind of feature that makes perfect sense until every channel is full of cheerful little dashboards nobody asked for. Slack is betting that people want more action inside chat, not less, and that’s a reasonable bet — but it also nudges the app closer to being a warehouse for generated clutter. Very on-brand for the current AI era: automate the thing, then let someone else pin it to the channel.
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