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Computer in Slack: From Shared Context to Finished Work
Perplexity Computer is an AI orchestrator that manages a team of AI agents on your behalf. It codes in Claude Code and GPT Codex, performs deep research to accomplish tasks, orchestrates tools across 400+ connectors, creates files, and more. All on a secure server, with reversible actions.
It quickly proved it could handle serious work. In the first two weeks of limited availability, Computer saved Perplexity Max subscribers over $91M, according to benchmarks compiled from McKinsey, Harvard, MIT, and BCG and Nielsen.
Since then, Computer has performed over $776M in labor-equivalent work for Perplexity Enterprise, Pro, and Max subscribers.
Like many breakthrough technologies, Perplexity Computer began as an internal tool at Perplexity. Computer was born in the place where we do most of our work: Slack.
Computer where you work
The earliest version of Computer lived in a shared Slack channel.
At first, we called it ASI, a play on artificial superintelligence and “a Slack integration.” In the channel you could simply tag ASI, and ask it to perform any task you can think of. Pulling data from Snowflake, researching the web, preparing board memos, writing code, anything. Soon, we realized with deep research and web access, it was much more than ASI. So we renamed it Computer.
In its first 4 weeks of existence, only as a Slack integration, Computer performed $1.6M of work for 300 Perplexity employees. But the numbers only told part of the story.
Because we were using it in a public Slack channel, everyone could see better ways to use Computer, and tag Computer into more shared workflows. Collaboration improved Computer. We began to work on a public version of Computer, but we knew Slack would always be a powerful place to use it.
Collaboration requires context
Computer in Slack keeps the request, the context, and the output together. Teammates can add detail in the thread, project leads can hand off work in public, and everyone can review the result in the same shared workflow. The work stays in one place instead of moving across separate tools.
What teams use it for
In Slack, Computer can search the web, work across connected tools, generate content, analyze business data, and build outputs like reports, presentations, apps, and websites. It can also handle recurring and longer-running workflows.
For example, users can ask it to:
“Review this partnership proposal, fact-check the statistics, flag risky terms, and return a marked-up Word document with suggested edits.”
“Draft this quarter’s OKR kickoff deck using our strategy docs, prior results, and current backlog.”
“Find the sales call appointments that showed up in GoHighLevel, review the recordings, and send a summary report to the sales manager in Slack.”
How we use Computer in Slack
When a task belongs in the open, tag @Computer in the message box in a shared channel or group conversation and describe what you need in plain language. That works best when other people need visibility or want to add context.
When the work is more individual, send Computer a direct message. That is a better fit for first drafts, quick research, or tasks you want to shape before bringing them back to the team.
Computer may ask follow-up questions before it starts. That usually means it is clarifying the goal or the output. Once it has what it needs, it can keep working in the background while you move on to something else.
Move between Slack and Perplexity
Everything queried in Slack can also be seen in the Perplexity web platform. The experience is mirrored, so a task can start in a shared channel and continue later on the web without losing the thread.
The new MCP connector gives Computer deeper access to Slack context and actions. It can search workspace knowledge, read threads, send messages, and stay better grounded in the work already happening there.
Now available as a direct integration or in the Slack Marketplace
Perplexity Computer is easy to install directly as a Slack integration. Try Computer in Slack today and start where the work already is.
Computer is also now available in the Slack Marketplace.