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24 alternatives to Slack CLI for Agents

Our team lives in Slack, but we don’t have access to the Slack MCP and couldn’t find anything out there that worked for us, so we coded our own agent-slack CLI * Can paste in Slack URLs * Token efficient * Zero-config (auto auth if you use Slack Desktop) Auto downloads files/snippets. Also can read Slack canvases as markdown! MIT License

Slack CLI for Agents is a command-line tool that enables AI agents to access Slack workspaces. It accepts Slack URLs, automatically authenticates through Slack Desktop, and retrieves messages, files, snippets, and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier.

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    Switchfree▲527

    Bring any AI agent into Slack, Teams & Discord. Open-source.

    Aug 2026 · flintai.dev · its alternatives →

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    CLI for Google Workspace ecosystem built for humans & agents

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CTO.ai▲393

    Build, share & run developer workflows in the CLI + Slack

    2020 · cto.ai · its alternatives →

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    Vokal▲441

    A collaboration space for 10x teammates with their Al agents

    Jun 2026 · vokal.team · its alternatives →

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    Agent 37▲401

    Hey HN, I noticed there are 1,000+ MCP skills on GitHub with zero way for creators to charge for them. So I built Agent37. Selling Claude skills today means asking customers to download your skill, set up Claude Code on their laptops, configure MCP servers, and pray it works. No trial, no updates, often you're just handing over the source. Agent37 lets creators upload a skill, share a link, and anyone can try it instantly (no Claude account needed). Built-in Stripe, creators keep 80%. Looking for feedback on the approach. Would you use something like this?

    Mar 2026 · agent37.com · its alternatives →

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    AI pair programming directly in your terminal

    2025 · cosine.sh · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! Smooth CLI (https://www.smooth.sh) is a browser that agents like Claude Code can use to navigate the web reliably, quickly, and affordably. It lets agents specify tasks using natural language, hiding UI complexity, and allowing them to focus on higher-level intents to carry out complex web tasks. It can also use your IP address while running browsers in the cloud, which helps a lot with roadblocks like captchas (https://docs.smooth.sh/features/use-my-ip). Here’s a demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62jthcU705k Docs start at…

    Feb 2026 · docs.smooth.sh · its alternatives →

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    Build a smart conversational Slack bot in 5 minutes.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Work across 20+ apps in Slack with multiplayer collaboration

    Jun 2026 · slack.com · its alternatives →

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    The CLI your coding agent uses to ship agents

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Troops▲278

    Slackbot that makes CRM easy and Intelligent

    2016 · salesforce.com · its alternatives →

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    Scarlett.▲306

    Your AI Co-Worker in Slack & iMessage

    Jul 2026 · tryscarlett.ai · its alternatives →

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    I've been building computer-use tools for a while, and I quietly launched this about a month ago (122 Stars on GH). I figured it was worth sharing here. Over the last few months, a lot of computer-use agents have come out: Codex, Claude Code, CUA, and others. Most of them seem to work roughly like this: 1. Take a screenshot 2. Have the model predict pixel coordinates 3. Click x,y 4. Take another screenshot 5. Repeat That works, but it's slow, expensive in tokens, and fragile. If the UI shifts a few pixels, things break. And the model still doesn't know what any element actually is. But the…

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Give your AI coding agent the web as a command line

    Jun 2026 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

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    AgentPeek▲164

    Your coding agents, in the Mac notch

    Jun 2026 · agentpeek.app · its alternatives →

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    AI Data Scientist giving insights directly in Slack

    Oct 2025 · julius.ai · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, We're Cosmic (YC W19), a headless CMS. Today we're launching Team Agents and the Cosmic Agent. Team Agents are AI-powered team members that live in Slack, WhatsApp, and Telegram. They have names, roles, persistent memory, and real capabilities. Not chatbots. Not one-off prompts. Persistent agents that work alongside your team. Here's what they can do: CONTENT AGENTS write blog posts, landing pages, and marketing copy. They generate images, add SEO metadata, and publish directly to the CMS. Message them in Slack, get a finished post back. CODE AGENTS read your codebase, create…

    Dec 2025 · cosmicjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Slack bot that will onboard your new hires for you

    2017 · chiefonboarding.com · its alternatives →

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    Slackbot▲118

    Team up with your AI teammate in the all-new Slack

    Apr 2026 · slack.com · its alternatives →

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    Tag any agent, wherever work happens.

    Aug 2026 · agentconnect.md · its alternatives →

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    relaydfree tier, from $5/mo▲101

    I kept missing when my Codex agents finished, so I built relayd — a mobile dashboard that sends push notifications and lets me continue agents from my phone. Free tier available. Would love feedback.

    Jan 2026 · relayd.dev · its alternatives →

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    Real-time AI coding assistant telemetry in your Mac's notch

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    One dashboard to run and organize multiple AI CLI agents

    Dec 2025 · solhun.com · its alternatives →

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    hi guys. been working on something i think is fundamentally missing in today's workflow with ai agents. vcs. i find myself struggling with questions that agents can't answer like "why did you do it?", "when did u delete this folder? why?", etc. or trying to /rewind (after a /compact...) or basically `bisect` to find when and why something was done by the agent in the current / previous session. just like git did for code, i think we are the same core capabilities with ai agents so... i developed an open source solution for that (currently supporting claude code) would love to…

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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