Create and Customize a Slack AI Agent with CLI (Full Transcript)
[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Building an AI agent inside of Slack is a lot easier than you think. Let me show you. With the Slack CLI installed, just write the command Slack create agent. Now this simple setup process walks you through everything. First, pick a template. I love using the IT support agent. I think it's a great starting place. Choose your preferred language. Next, choose your LLM provider, give your agent a name, and then you're pretty much done. Now CD into the app directory that you just made and type the command Slack run. This will spin up a local version of your agent that you can use to test your application, see how it looks, and make changes right away. Now you will need to provide your large language models API key, but after that you're all set to get started with your agent. Now this is just a template. When you customize your agent is when it actually starts to become valuable for you and your team. Head on over to slack.dev to learn more.
- Use the Slack CLI command to create a new AI agent project.
- Start from a template, including an IT support agent option.
- Choose a language, LLM provider, and agent name during setup.
- Run the app locally from its directory to test and iterate quickly.
- Provide an LLM API key before using the agent.
- Customize the starter template to make it useful for a specific team or workflow.