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Slack can now vibe-code interactive charts and reports inside chats

Slack just embedded AI report-building into chat. No leaving the window to create dashboards anymore.

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Why it matters

Slack's new Surfaces feature lets teams generate interactive reports, dashboards, and polls directly in chat using AI, reducing friction in knowledge work by eliminating the need to context-switch to external tools.

The key facts

10 to know
  1. Feature: Slackforce Surfaces — AI-generated interactive reports/dashboards/polls/presentations built in chat

  2. Capability: Slackbot gathers data from conversations and connected apps (Google Drive, Salesforce)

  3. Interaction: Reports can be shared, pinned to channels, and commented on collaboratively

  4. Use case example: arcade-themed AI token usage visualization

  5. Status: coming soon (not yet live)

  6. Slackforce Surfaces: new feature enabling interactive reports, polls, dashboards, presentations, and microsites in chat

  7. Natural language interface: describe what you need to Slackbot; AI gathers data from conversations and connected apps (Google Drive, Salesforce)

  8. Shareable and pinnable surfaces with commenting and interactivity

  9. Example use case: arcade-themed visualization of AI token usage

  10. Product feature ship (availability timeline not specified in excerpt)

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Publisher excerpt: A new feature coming to Slack will allow you to build interactive reports, polls, dashboards, presentations, microsites, and other tools directly inside a chat. With Slackforce Surfaces, you can describe to Slackbot what you need, and it will use AI to gather information from relevant conversations…
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