How much should agents post in team chat? Slack is just the coordination layer
Al_Grigor · x · 2026-09-30
Practical guidance from workshop guest Louis: Slack is the coordination layer, and it shouldn't absorb everything an agent produces in its session.
- Agents must explicitly send a message to the room; what they post is meant for people and agents there
- Everything else stays inside the agent's own session
- One click from a Slack message jumps into the session for details
Asked whether he'd keep Slack if designing from scratch with unlimited time, Louis said no — it exists only because people already work there, and his team is exploring bring-your-own-interface. The author, a solo developer, finds a full Slack workspace overkill.
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