Platform Newsletter - August 2025
Published August 07, 2025
Welcome to the August edition of our newsletter — your monthly dose of all things Slack, sprinkled with fresh updates, clever tips, and community magic. As summer sizzles on, we’re bringing you some seriously cool news to help you build smarter and work better.
This month, we’re diving into game-changing features like conditional branching in Workflow Builder (yes, finally!), exciting experiments with AI-powered coding, and inspiring stories from community members transforming how work gets done. Plus, don’t miss a special challenge to level up your Slack skills in just 30 days.
Ready to make August your most productive month yet? Let’s jump right in!
Branch out with smarter automations
What if your workflows could adapt in real time? With conditional branching now in Workflow Builder, you can create flows that respond differently based on user input—no extra logic layers or code required. From simplifying approvals to creating more personalized automations, this update unlocks a whole new level of flexibility.
Unlock faster Slack apps with the Slack Platform MCP Server
Building Slack apps with AI used to be more pain than help. But with the soon-to-be released Slack Platform MCP server things are finally clicking. Explore how this lightweight experiment turned AI into a legit pair programmer—and why your next Slack app might be easier (and more fun) to build than ever before.
Rootly + Slack: Reinventing incident management with AI at the core
See how Rootly built an AI-native platform on Slack to automate, accelerate, and evolve incident response—from the first alert to post-mortem insights. With Slack as their launchpad, they’ve redefined reliability engineering for teams at LinkedIn, Canva, and beyond. #developerstory
Become a Slack expert in 30 days
Inspired by the energy of 100 Days of Trailhead, community member Piyusha Pilania is kicking off a new challenge: 30 Days to Slack Expert—a month-long learning sprint to help you level up your Slack skills.
✅ Complete one Slack badge daily on Trailhead
🏆 Stay consistent to earn cert vouchers and exclusive Slack swag
🤝 Join the Slack Community workspace and the #slack-certified channel
📥 Submit your interest via this quick workflow to get your progress tracker
Let’s learn together and cheer each other on!
Hot off the press
- The Dreamforce Hackathon is (almost) here!
Get ready to build the future with AI agents! We’re giving you an early heads-up: the Dreamforce Hackathon launches soon—bringing together builders, innovators, and Agentblazers to create the next wave of agentic experiences with Agentforce and Slack.
Stay tuned for the official announcement and registration link. In the meantime, start cooking up those ideas. Think Slack. Think agents. Think impact.
- What happens when Mulesoft’s MCP server meets the Slack platform
Explore how Slack and MuleSoft are powering a new generation of enterprise AI agents — capable of intelligent search, real-time orchestration, and in-the-flow action. In this post, Sai Parnandi breaks down what it means to go from tools to transformation in the agentic era, and why the Slack + MuleSoft combo is uniquely positioned to lead the way.
Read the full article
- Blaze Your Path: Agentblazer Legend Status Has Arrived!
Agentblazer Legend Status is your next big milestone. As you move from Champion to Innovator to Legend, you’ll gain hands-on experience building autonomous agents, drive real business outcomes, and earn your Agentforce certification. Whether you’re just getting started or designing complex AI strategies, this journey is your launchpad to becoming a true agent of change. Start your adventure.
- A rich (text) gift from the community
Scott Patton is back with a fantastic new tool for Slack developers! 🎁 He just released his very first npm package—a smooth converter that transforms Slack’s rich text format into classic mrkdwn (our own special take on markdown). If you’ve ever needed to use modal input inside a section block, this package will make your life so much easier.
Check it out on npm and see how it can simplify your Slack app development!
- Missed a past newsletter? Now you can catch up anytime!
We’ve just launched a newsletter archive on slack.dev/newsletters where you can revisit all previous editions at your own pace. Each month, we’ll post the previous newsletter there, so subscribers get the freshest content delivered straight to their inbox first — but everyone can easily browse the backlog whenever they want.
We’re always blown away by what our community creates—and we want to highlight you next! Whether it’s a handy tool, a step-by-step guide, or an insightful article, if you’re proud of it, we want to hear all about it.
📬 Send us a message at technewsletter@slack-corp.com and share what you’ve been working on.
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