Anthropic launches Claude Tag, an always-on AI teammate inside Slack

Anthropic launched Claude Tag on Tuesday, an AI agent that lives in Slack and works as a persistent virtual teammate for enterprise teams.fortune+1
The tool breaks tasks into stages, works through them autonomously, and includes an "ambient mode" that proactively surfaces updates and flags forgotten threads.fortune+1
The launch targets Microsoft Copilot and other enterprise AI rivals as Anthropic deepens its push into workplace collaboration, according to Reuters.reuters

Anthropic on Tuesday unveiled Claude Tag, a new AI agent that lives inside Slack Salesforce, Inc. as a persistent, always-on teammate for enterprise workers, marking the company's most ambitious push yet into workplace collaboration software.

A Multiplayer AI Teammate

Unlike Anthropic's existing Slack integrations, which allow users to direct-message Claude or tag it for quick answers, Claude Tag introduces persistent memory and context that carry across conversations and team members. Everyone in a given Slack channel accesses a single Claude identity, meaning "anyone can see what Claude has been working on, and can pick up the conversation from where the last person left off," according to Anthropic.fortune+1

When assigned a task, Claude Tag breaks it into stages and works through them using whatever tools it has access to, posting results back in a Slack thread. The feature also includes an "ambient mode" in which the AI proactively surfaces updates, flags information from across the organization, and follows up on forgotten threads without being explicitly summoned.techcrunch+1

"As Claude follows along with its channel, it learns ever more about the work," Anthropic said in a statement. "Claude can also automatically gather facts from elsewhere in the organization, if it's granted permission to read other channels."techcrunch

Enterprise Controls and Scope

System administrators define which tools, data sources, and channels each Claude identity can access, preventing cross-contamination between departments — a Claude configured for legal work cannot seed memories into the engineering channel, for example. The product is currently available in research preview for Claude Enterprise and Claude Team customers, with plans to expand to additional platforms beyond Slack.reuters+2

Competitive Landscape

The launch positions Anthropic squarely against Microsoft , whose Copilot draws on Microsoft Graph to deliver organizational context, as well as enterprise search company Glean and data platforms like Snowflake that are building intelligence layers for AI agents. According to Reuters, the move "reinforces Anthropic's commitment to the enterprise sector, which has become a crucial arena for AI startups."reuters+1

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