Slack + Copilot integration
Connect Slack to Copilot
ConnectChats brings your Slack chats into Copilot. Ask Copilot to catch you up, find any message and draft replies. Nothing gets sent until you approve it.
Free to start. No app to install. Every send needs your OK.
What Copilot can do with your Slack
ConnectChats gives Copilot a small set of tools. Copilot calls them when you ask about your Slack chats, and only for the chats you share.
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Catch you up
Ask what you missed and Copilot reads your unread Slack chats, then gives you the short version: who needs an answer, what was decided, what can wait.
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Find any message
The address someone sent last month, the price a client agreed to, the link from a group chat. Copilot searches your Slack history and quotes the message.
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Draft replies
Copilot writes the reply in your tone, in the chat's language, with the context of the whole thread. You read it, edit it, and send it.
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Send with your OK
When you approve a draft, ConnectChats sends it from your own Slack account and confirms delivery. Auto-send only runs in chats where you switch it on.
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Things to ask Copilot
Type these in Copilot once Slack is linked.
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Summarize the Slack channels I missed this morning.
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What did the team decide about the launch date on Slack?
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List every Slack message that is waiting on me.
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Find the Slack thread where we discussed the pricing change.
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Draft a reply in Slack confirming I'll send the report by Thursday.
How to connect Slack to Copilot
It takes about two minutes. You do it once, and the same account then works in every AI app you add.
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Add ConnectChats to Copilot
- In VS Code, open the Command Palette, run MCP: Add Server, choose HTTP and paste https://api.connectchats.com/mcp.
- Name the server connectchats. Copilot opens the ConnectChats sign-in page, where you sign in with your passkey.
- Your shared chats are then available when you ask Copilot about your messages in agent mode.
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Link your Slack account
- Open https://connectchats.com/app and choose Link a chat app, then Slack.
- Sign in to your Slack workspace with your own Slack account.
- ConnectChats lists your channels and direct messages, and you choose which ones to share with your AI app.
- To add another workspace, repeat the sign-in for it.
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Pick the chats Copilot can see
Every chat is listed in your ConnectChats dashboard. Share all of them or only the ones you choose. Copilot never sees the rest.
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Ask Copilot about your Slack
Open a new conversation in Copilot and ask about your chats. Copilot calls ConnectChats when it needs your messages.
How Slack and Copilot work together
ConnectChats links to Slack when you sign in to your workspace from the ConnectChats dashboard. Your AI app sees the channels and direct messages your own account can see. ConnectChats does not install a bot in your workspace or read channels you are not in.
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Slack in ConnectChats
Direct messages, group messages and the channels you belong to are supported, including thread replies. Each linked chat starts with its last 200 messages, then every new message arrives as it is sent. On Slack's free plan, Slack only shows the last 90 days of messages, so older ones cannot be imported either. Messages your AI app sends go out from your own Slack account, after you approve them. The free plan links 2 chat apps and keeps messages for 30 days.
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ConnectChats in Copilot
ConnectChats works with GitHub Copilot in VS Code and with Copilot Studio agents, which can both add a remote MCP server. The consumer Copilot app for Windows, the web and your phone does not offer a setting to add your own MCP server. In VS Code, GitHub Copilot adds a remote MCP server with the MCP: Add Server command. In Copilot Studio, makers add MCP servers to an agent under Tools, Add a tool, Model Context Protocol. It needs a work account and the right licences. The same ConnectChats account works in every AI app, so the chats you already linked are available in Copilot without linking them again. The consumer Copilot app has no setting for your own MCP servers, so use ConnectChats through GitHub Copilot in VS Code or a Copilot Studio agent.
Your Slack stays under your control
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You pick the chats
Copilot only sees the Slack chats you share. Unshare a chat and it disappears from every AI app at once.
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Drafts by default
Copilot prepares replies. You approve each one before it reaches Slack, unless you turn on auto-send for that chat.
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Stored messages are encrypted
Stored messages are encrypted with a key that only your passkey can unlock. We never train models on your messages.
Questions
Can Copilot read my Slack messages?
Yes, once you link Slack in ConnectChats and add ConnectChats to Copilot. Copilot reads only the chats you share, and only when you ask it something that needs them.
Can Copilot send Slack messages for me?
Copilot can draft a reply and send it after you approve it. Messages go out from your own Slack account. You can allow automatic sending for specific chats, and it stays off everywhere else.
Is the Slack to Copilot integration free?
Yes. The free plan links two chat apps and works in every supported AI app, with no limit on what you ask. No card needed.
Do I need to install anything?
No. You add ConnectChats inside Copilot and link Slack from your browser. There is no app to download and nothing runs on your computer.
Does it work with other AI apps too?
Yes. The same ConnectChats account works in ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Manus, Muse and any AI app that supports remote MCP servers. Link Slack once and use it everywhere.
Does my Slack admin need to approve ConnectChats?
ConnectChats signs in as you rather than installing an app in the workspace, so there is nothing for an admin to add. Some companies forbid third party clients in their policies, so check yours before you link a work account.
Does it see private channels?
Only the ones you are a member of, because it sees what your own account sees. You still choose which channels are shared with your AI app.
Can I use ConnectChats in Microsoft Copilot today?
Yes, through GitHub Copilot in VS Code, which adds ConnectChats with the MCP: Add Server command, and through Copilot Studio agents. The Copilot app for Windows, the web and your phone has no setting to add your own MCP server.
Will it work with Slack messages?
Slack is a separate chat app in ConnectChats. Copilot sees Slack chats only when you link Slack in ConnectChats and share those chats, the same as any other chat app.
Related pages
Slack with other AI apps
Other chat apps in Copilot
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