Slack AI brings intelligent assistance directly into team communication, reducing information overload and accelerating decision-making.
## Built-in AI Features
### Channel Recaps - AI summarizes channel activity for any time period - Highlights key decisions, action items, and announcements - Filter recaps by topic or participant - Available for channels you have access to
### Thread Summaries - Instantly summarize long conversation threads - Extract key points and decisions - Identify action items with assignees - Perfect for catching up on discussions you missed
### Slack AI Search - Ask questions in natural language about your workspace - AI searches across messages, files, and channels - Provides answers with source citations - Understands context and follow-up questions
### Daily Digest - Personalized summary of important activity - Prioritized by relevance to your work - Mentions, reactions, and threads you should see - Delivered at your preferred time
## How to Use
### Channel Recap 1. Open any channel 2. Click the AI sparkle icon in the channel header 3. Select time range (last 24h, 7 days, 30 days) 4. AI generates a structured summary 5. Click citations to jump to original messages
### Search with AI 1. Open Slack search (Cmd/Ctrl + F) 2. Type a question naturally: "What was decided about the Q2 launch date?" 3. AI provides a direct answer with source messages 4. Ask follow-up questions for more detail