feat(slack): GA slack_v2 with agent_view custom-bot manifests

Author: TheodoreSpeaks

apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/integrations/components/connect-slack-bot-modal/connect-slack-bot-modal.tsx

@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ function StepConfigure({
         {allSelected && (
           <p className='text-[var(--text-muted)] text-caption'>
             Full access — the bot can read and send messages, react, upload files, and chat as an AI
-            assistant.
+            agent.
           </p>
         )}
       </div>

apps/sim/blocks/blocks/slack.ts

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ export const SlackBlock: BlockConfig<SlackResponse> = {
   bgColor: '#611f69',
   icon: SlackIcon,
   triggerAllowed: true,
-  // Superseded by slack_v2, but stays discoverable until v2 GAs — hiding both
-  // would leave no Slack block in the toolbar while v2 is preview-gated. At v2
-  // GA this becomes `hideFromToolbar: true` (superseded-version paradigm).
+  // Superseded by slack_v2 (GA): hidden from discovery like other legacy _vN
+  // blocks; existing workflows keep executing it.
+  hideFromToolbar: true,
   subBlocks: [
     {
       id: 'operation',
@@ -2465,9 +2465,10 @@ Return ONLY the integer Unix timestamp - no explanations, no quotes, no extra te
     team_id: { type: 'string', description: 'Slack workspace/team ID' },
     event_id: { type: 'string', description: 'Unique event identifier for the trigger' },
   },
-  // Trigger capabilities moved to slack_v2 so the trigger surfaces once.
-  // Legacy webhook trigger stays available while slack_v2 (which hosts the
-  // redesigned slack_oauth trigger) is preview-gated; drops at v2 GA.
+  // The legacy webhook trigger must STAY enabled: webhook-execution gates on
+  // blockConfig.triggers.enabled at runtime, so disabling it would break every
+  // deployed v1 Slack trigger workflow. New discovery surfaces only slack_v2
+  // (this block is hideFromToolbar).
   triggers: {
     enabled: true,
     available: ['slack_webhook'],
@@ -2627,6 +2628,11 @@ export const SlackBlockMeta = {
   ],
 } as const satisfies BlockMeta
 
+export const SlackV2BlockMeta = {
+  tags: ['messaging', 'webhooks', 'automation'],
+  url: 'https://slack.com',
+} as const satisfies BlockMeta
+
 const SLACK_WEBHOOK_TRIGGER_SUBBLOCK_IDS = new Set(
   getTrigger('slack_webhook').subBlocks.map((sb) => sb.id)
 )
@@ -2677,11 +2683,6 @@ export const SlackV2Block: BlockConfig<SlackResponse> = {
   ...SlackBlock,
   type: 'slack_v2',
   hideFromToolbar: false,
-  // Preview-gated: hidden from every discovery surface until revealed via the
-  // block-visibility AppConfig (hosted) or PREVIEW_BLOCKS=slack_v2 (dev /
-  // self-host). At GA: drop this flag, add SlackV2BlockMeta + docs, and set
-  // hideFromToolbar on v1.
-  preview: true,
   subBlocks: [
     ...SlackBlock.subBlocks.flatMap((sb) => {
       // Drop the legacy paste-secret trigger config (v1 hosts slack_webhook)

apps/sim/blocks/registry-maps.ts

@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ import { ShopifyBlock, ShopifyBlockMeta } from '@/blocks/blocks/shopify'
 import { SimWorkspaceEventBlock } from '@/blocks/blocks/sim_workspace_event'
 import { SimilarwebBlock, SimilarwebBlockMeta } from '@/blocks/blocks/similarweb'
 import { SixtyfourBlock, SixtyfourBlockMeta } from '@/blocks/blocks/sixtyfour'
-import { SlackBlock, SlackBlockMeta, SlackV2Block } from '@/blocks/blocks/slack'
+import { SlackBlock, SlackBlockMeta, SlackV2Block, SlackV2BlockMeta } from '@/blocks/blocks/slack'
 import { SmtpBlock, SmtpBlockMeta } from '@/blocks/blocks/smtp'
 import { SportmonksBlock, SportmonksBlockMeta } from '@/blocks/blocks/sportmonks'
 import { SpotifyBlock, SpotifyBlockMeta } from '@/blocks/blocks/spotify'
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ export const BLOCK_META_REGISTRY: Record<string, BlockMeta> = {
   similarweb: SimilarwebBlockMeta,
   sixtyfour: SixtyfourBlockMeta,
   slack: SlackBlockMeta,
+  slack_v2: SlackV2BlockMeta,
   smtp: SmtpBlockMeta,
   sportmonks: SportmonksBlockMeta,
   spotify: SpotifyBlockMeta,

apps/sim/lib/webhooks/providers/slack.ts

@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ interface SlackTriggerEvent {
    * submissions). Null for non-block_actions payloads.
    */
   state: Record<string, unknown> | null
+  /**
+   * What the user is currently viewing, for `app_context_changed` (agent
+   * messaging experience): `{ entities: [{ type, value, team_id }] }`, ordered
+   * by relevance; an empty object when Slack has no entities. Null for every
+   * other event type.
+   */
+  context: Record<string, unknown> | null
   hasFiles: boolean
   files: SlackDownloadedFile[]
 }
@@ -151,6 +158,7 @@ function createSlackEvent(): SlackTriggerEvent {
     view: null,
     message: null,
     state: null,
+    context: null,
     hasFiles: false,
     files: [],
   }
@@ -605,6 +613,7 @@ export function resolveSlackEventKey(body: Record<string, unknown>): string | nu
     case 'pin_removed':
     case 'team_join':
     case 'app_home_opened':
+    case 'app_context_changed':
     case 'assistant_thread_started':
     case 'assistant_thread_context_changed':
       return type
@@ -977,6 +986,9 @@ export const slackHandler: WebhookProviderHandler = {
     event.message_ts = messageTs
     event.hasFiles = hasFiles
     event.files = files
+    if (eventType === 'app_context_changed') {
+      event.context = (rawEvent?.context as Record<string, unknown> | undefined) ?? {}
+    }
 
     return { input: { event } }
   },

apps/sim/triggers/slack/capabilities.test.ts

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe('buildSlackManifest - interactivity', () => {
 })
 
 describe('buildSlackManifest - description', () => {
-  it('emits display_information.description and reuses it as the assistant description', () => {
+  it('emits display_information.description and reuses it as the agent description', () => {
     const manifest = buildSlackManifest(new Set(['action_assistant']), {
       ...opts,
       description: 'Answers support questions.',
@@ -41,15 +41,29 @@ describe('buildSlackManifest - description', () => {
       description: 'Answers support questions.',
     })
     const features = manifest.features as Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>
-    expect(features.assistant_view.assistant_description).toBe('Answers support questions.')
+    expect(features.agent_view.agent_description).toBe('Answers support questions.')
   })
 
-  it('omits the description key and falls back for the assistant when absent', () => {
+  it('omits the description key and falls back for the agent when absent', () => {
     const manifest = buildSlackManifest(new Set(['action_assistant']), opts)
     expect(manifest.display_information).toEqual({ name: 'Test Bot' })
     const features = manifest.features as Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>
-    expect(features.assistant_view.assistant_description).toBe(
-      'Test Bot — an AI assistant powered by Sim.'
-    )
+    expect(features.agent_view.agent_description).toBe('Test Bot — an AI agent powered by Sim.')
+  })
+
+  it('caps the agent description at the 300-char manifest limit', () => {
+    const manifest = buildSlackManifest(new Set(['action_assistant']), {
+      ...opts,
+      description: 'x'.repeat(400),
+    })
+    const features = manifest.features as Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>
+    expect((features.agent_view.agent_description as string).length).toBe(300)
+  })
+
+  it('subscribes the agent-experience events, not the deprecated assistant_thread_* set', () => {
+    const manifest = buildSlackManifest(new Set(['action_assistant']), opts)
+    const settings = settingsOf(manifest)
+    const events = (settings.event_subscriptions as Record<string, unknown>).bot_events as string[]
+    expect(events).toEqual(['app_context_changed', 'app_home_opened', 'message.im'])
   })
 })

apps/sim/triggers/slack/capabilities.ts

@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ export interface SlackCapability {
   scopes: readonly string[]
   events: readonly string[]
   /**
-   * Marks the AI Assistant capability. When enabled the manifest additionally
-   * declares the app as an Agents & AI app (`features.assistant_view`) and
-   * enables the App Home messages tab — required for assistant threads, the
-   * "thinking" status (`assistant.threads.setStatus`), and DM-style chat to work.
+   * Marks the AI agent capability. When enabled the manifest additionally
+   * declares the app as an Agents & AI app (`features.agent_view` — the current
+   * agent messaging experience; new Slack apps cannot use the deprecated
+   * `assistant_view`) and enables the App Home messages tab — required for the
+   * agent surface, the "thinking" status (`assistant.threads.setStatus`), and
+   * DM-style chat to work.
    */
   assistant?: boolean
   /**
@@ -166,13 +168,18 @@ export const SLACK_CAPABILITIES: readonly SlackCapability[] = [
   },
   {
     id: 'action_assistant',
-    label: 'AI assistant',
+    label: 'AI agent',
     description:
-      'Register the bot as an AI assistant: users open an assistant thread, the bot shows a "thinking" status, and can set the thread title and suggested prompts (assistant.threads.*).',
+      'Register the bot as an AI agent: users chat with it in the agent surface, the bot shows a "thinking" status, and can set the thread title and suggested prompts (assistant.threads.*).',
     defaultChecked: true,
     group: 'action',
     scopes: ['assistant:write', 'im:history'],
-    events: ['assistant_thread_started', 'assistant_thread_context_changed', 'message.im'],
+    // The agent messaging experience's event set: app_home_opened (user opened
+    // the agent DM), app_context_changed (what the user is viewing; requires
+    // features.agent_view), message.im (incoming messages). The legacy
+    // assistant_thread_* events belong to the deprecated assistant_view
+    // experience and are not subscribable by new agent_view apps.
+    events: ['app_home_opened', 'app_context_changed', 'message.im'],
     assistant: true,
   },
   {
@@ -211,7 +218,7 @@ const WEBHOOK_URL_PLACEHOLDER = '<deploy workflow to generate webhook URL>'
 export interface BuildManifestOptions {
   appName: string
   webhookUrl: string | null
-  /** Shown on the bot's Slack profile and as the assistant description. */
+  /** Shown on the bot's Slack profile and as the agent description. */
   description?: string
 }
 
@@ -241,12 +248,16 @@ export function buildSlackManifest(
     bot_user: { display_name: displayName, always_online: true },
   }
   if (isAssistant) {
-    // Declares the app as an Agents & AI app; without this Slack won't surface
-    // the assistant thread UI or fire assistant_thread_* events. The messages
-    // tab must be enabled so users can chat the assistant.
-    features.assistant_view = {
-      assistant_description:
-        trimmedDescription || `${displayName} — an AI assistant powered by Sim.`,
+    // Declares the app as an Agents & AI app via the current agent messaging
+    // experience. New Slack apps can ONLY use agent_view (assistant_view is
+    // deprecated and rejected for new apps; switching an existing app to
+    // agent_view is irreversible). Without this Slack won't surface the agent
+    // UI or fire app_context_changed. The messages tab must be enabled so
+    // users can chat with the agent. agent_description caps at 300 chars.
+    features.agent_view = {
+      agent_description: (
+        trimmedDescription || `${displayName} — an AI agent powered by Sim.`
+      ).slice(0, 300),
     }
     features.app_home = {
       home_tab_enabled: false,

apps/sim/triggers/slack/shared.ts

@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ export const SLACK_TRIGGER_OUTPUTS: Record<string, TriggerOutput> = {
         description:
           'Timestamp of the message the interaction originated from. Present for block_actions',
       },
+      context: {
+        type: 'json',
+        description:
+          'What the user is currently viewing: an object with an entities array (each entry: type, value, team_id), e.g. context.entities[0].value. Present for app_context_changed; null otherwise',
+      },
       view: {
         type: 'json',
         description:
@@ -245,6 +250,12 @@ export const SLACK_EVENT_CATALOG: readonly SlackEventCatalogEntry[] = [
   { id: 'pin_removed', label: 'Pin removed', simSubscribed: false, filters: ['channels'] },
   { id: 'team_join', label: 'Member joined workspace', simSubscribed: false, filters: [] },
   { id: 'app_home_opened', label: 'App home opened', simSubscribed: false, filters: [] },
+  {
+    id: 'app_context_changed',
+    label: 'App context changed',
+    simSubscribed: false,
+    filters: [],
+  },
   { id: 'assistant_thread_started', label: 'Assistant opened', simSubscribed: true, filters: [] },
   {
     id: 'assistant_thread_context_changed',