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What If Slack Was Your AI Command Center
Plus: Buzz enters the chat, a tool for protecting against Sol 5.6’s tendency to delete stuff, and a deep pull from our podcast archive featuring Wired cofounder Kevin Kelly
TL;DR
- Nityesh Agarwal created a Slack coding agent named Luo Ji, connected to Claude Code, to manage tasks within Slack channels.
- Each conversation thread in a Slack channel represents an individual task, with Luo Ji resuming sessions when replied to.
- Luo Ji completes tasks, sends notifications, and posts screenshots for review, making Slack a project management tool.
- Different AI models (e.g., Fable, Opus) can be assigned to specific channels based on project requirements.
- Block released Buzz, an open-source collaboration platform with similarities to Slack, designed for human-AI agent collaboration.
- Buzz aims to provide a unified platform for AI tasks, potentially replacing multiple standalone applications.
- The article also briefly mentions a tool called Destructive Command Guard to protect against AI models like Sol 5.6 that can delete files or data.