Fabric Slack bot

What is Fabric for Slack?

Fabric for Slack puts your team's shared Fabric right in the channels where you already work. Install it, add it to the channels you want, and anyone can @Fabric to ask a question, save something from the conversation, or hand it a task, and it answers and acts in the thread. It draws on your team's shared Fabric library, so the collective knowledge your team has built up is available to everyone, in the place they're already talking, without switching apps.

Because it reads the thread it's mentioned in, you don't have to re-explain the context. @Fabric in the middle of a conversation and it understands what's being discussed, then answers, saves, or acts on it.

This is for Fabric Team workspaces, since the whole point is a shared library the team queries and builds together.

What your team can do with it

Mention @Fabric in a channel and it can do anything a member of your team could do in Fabric, from inside Slack.

Ask your team's shared knowledge. Ask a question and it answers from your team's Fabric library, the docs, notes, research, and saved material the team has built up, so the answer reflects what your team actually knows, not just the open web.

Save from the conversation. Point it at a message, a thread, a link, or a file shared in the channel and have it save that into your team's Fabric, so the useful things said in Slack stop scrolling away and become part of your searchable knowledge.

Get work done. Hand it a task and it can act in your Fabric workspace or in your connected apps, anything a user can do, so the request made in a channel can actually be carried out rather than just noted.

Use the thread as context. Because it reads the surrounding conversation, you can ask follow-ups and refer to what's already been said without spelling it all out again.

How it works

Fabric for Slack is a shared surface, not a personal one. When you install it and add it to channels, everyone in those channels can @Fabric, and it works from your team's shared library, so it's the same collective knowledge for everyone, kept in one place and growing as the team saves to it.

It reads the thread it's mentioned in for context, answers and acts inline, and anything it saves lands in your team's Fabric, searchable by meaning and connected to the rest of your material. The more your team saves, the more useful it becomes to ask, since every answer draws on a richer shared picture.

Fabric for Slack is available on Fabric Team workspaces.

How teams use it

Answering from shared knowledge. Instead of "does anyone know where the X doc is" going unanswered, someone @Fabrics it and gets the answer from the team's library in the thread.

Capturing decisions and links. When something worth keeping is said in a channel, a decision, a resource, a useful thread, @Fabric saves it into the team's Fabric so it isn't lost to the scroll.

Acting without switching apps. A request made in Slack, save this, find that, do this in a connected tool, gets handed to @Fabric and carried out, without anyone leaving the conversation.

Onboarding and support channels. New team members ask questions in a channel and get answers from the accumulated team knowledge, rather than interrupting someone.

Frequently asked questions

What is Fabric for Slack?

It's Fabric installed in your Slack channels. Anyone in a channel can @Fabric to ask your team's shared library a question, save something from the conversation, or hand it a task, and it answers and acts in the thread. It's made by Fabric and available on Team workspaces.

Whose knowledge does it answer from?

Your team's shared Fabric library. Everyone in the channel queries the same collective knowledge, so answers reflect what your team has saved and built up, not a personal library or just the open web.

Can it see the conversation in the channel?

Yes. It reads the thread it's mentioned in for context, so you can ask follow-ups and refer to what's already been said without re-explaining.

What can it do besides answer questions?

It can save messages, links, and files from the channel into your team's Fabric, and it can take action, anything a user could do in your Fabric workspace or in your connected apps. So a request in a channel can be carried out, not just answered.

How do I add it to a channel?

Install Fabric for Slack and add it to the channels you want it in. From then on, anyone in those channels can @Fabric to use it.

Is this only for Team workspaces?

Yes. Fabric for Slack works with a shared team library that the whole channel queries and builds together, so it's available on Fabric Team workspaces.

Does it get more useful over time?

Yes. Everything the team saves joins the shared library and stays searchable by meaning, so answers draw on a richer picture the more your team feeds it.

How is this different from the Slack connection that acts on Slack?

They point in opposite directions. Fabric for Slack brings your team's Fabric into Slack, so people in a channel can query and save to it. The Slack connection lets Fabric's assistant act on your Slack from inside Fabric, sending messages, managing channels. Use this to bring Fabric to your team; use that to manage Slack from Fabric.

Is our data secure?

Everything in Fabric is encrypted in transit and at rest, and your team's library is visible only to your team. The details are in the privacy and security guide and Fabric's privacy commitment.

Does Fabric work with other tools too?

Yes. Fabric offers many connections, including Google Drive, Notion, and Gmail, and the assistant can act across them.