6 days ago
Ship It Right: Marketplace Requirements for the Organizations Track
So you want to ship to the Slack Marketplace. We love that for you — and we want to make sure your hard work actually qualifies. Here's what you need to know.
The Slack Agent for Organizations track is built for apps that live on the Slack Marketplace — the place where thousands of orgs go to find tools they can actually trust. Every app in the Slack Marketplace is reviewed and tested to ensure that the apps published are ones that our review team determine to be high-quality, reliable, and useful.
The Slack Marketplace has specific submission requirements that…
19 days ago
Two new resources + how to actually win over the judges 🛠️
Hey builders,
We have two new resources to add to your list, plus some straight-talk on what judges are scoring and how to make your submission land.
📚 Two new Slack Dev Huddles
The Slack Developers team is running two live huddles that line up directly with what you're building:
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Slack Dev Huddles Ep05 — Slack MCP & RTS API → Watch
Covers two of the three core technologies for this hackathon: MCP server integration and the Real-Time Search API. If you're wiring external tools and data into your agent, or surfacing live workspace context, this is the one to…
about 1 month ago
$42,000 in prizes — plus a trip to Dreamforce. Here's the full breakdown 🎯
In case you needed a reminder of what's on the line — here's the full prize breakdown for the Slack Agent Builder Challenge.
🥇 Track Prizes
⚡ New Slack Agent
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1st Place: $8,000 cash + Slack Developer Certification voucher (1 per team member, up to 4) + Dreamforce 2026 full conference pass (1 per team member, up to 4) + Slack community swag voucher (1 per team member, up to 4) + Invitation to an exclusive Slack community gathering & social media interview at Dreamforce 2026* + Features on Slack socials, the Slack developer newsletter, and the Slack Developer Program…
about 2 months ago
8 weeks | Here's how to actually use them ⏱️
Eight weeks sounds like a lot. It isn't. The builders who submit something they're proud of are the ones who had a plan. Here's a rough framework to get you from idea to submission without the last-minute panic.
🗓️ The Slack Agent Builder Challenge Timeline
🌱 Weeks 1–2: Idea → Foundation (May 20 – June 1)
- Pick your track: New Slack Agent, Agent for Good, or Agent for Organizations
- Identify the real problem you're solving — the narrower and more specific, the better
- Decide which technology you're leading with: Agent Builder, MCP, or RTS API
- Set up your developer sandbox…