Anthropic launches Claude Tag for Slack channels

What happened

Anthropic announced Claude Tag, an AI instance that operates inside Slack channels and can read context, participate in threads, and take on tasks either reactively or proactively. Each Slack channel gets its own isolated Claude identity, and administrators can scope access to data and tools by channel. Claude Tag is available today in beta for Claude Enterprise and Claude Team customers.

Why it matters

The feature allows teams to have a persistent AI coworker that remembers conversations, learns over time, and can follow up on incomplete tasks—all without requiring users to re-explain context repeatedly. Anthropic says 65% of its product team's code is now created by its internal version of Claude Tag, suggesting meaningful productivity gains for organizations that deploy it.

What to watch

Claude Tag consumes tokens continuously when ambient behavior is enabled, so costs could grow significantly; however, administrators can set token spend limits for the organization and individual channels to control expenses. The feature replaces the existing Claude in Slack app, and administrators have 30 days to migrate.