Artificial Intelligence · 05.08.2026, 12:40 UTC
CopilotKit Open Sources Channels SDK: An MIT Licensed Library That Runs Any AG-UI Agent Inside Slack And Microsoft Teams
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| Kategorie | Artificial Intelligence |
| Quelle | MarkTechPost ↗ |
| Veröffentlicht | 05.08.2026 UTC |
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CopilotKit has just released the Channels SDK. It is an open source library that puts an existing agent inside a messaging platform. The core assumption is focused and verifiable. You already have an agent. It already has a model, tools and business logic. Channels gives it a place to work with people, without a rewrite per platform.
It runs on Slack and Microsoft Teams as early access surfaces. Discord and Google Chat are named as planned.
Installation is two packages:
Copy CodeCopiedUse a different Browsernpm install @copilotkit/channels @copilotkit/runtime
The connection to your agent is AG-UI, the agent-user interaction protocol CopilotKit maintains. Anything that speaks AG-UI works. That includes LangGraph, CrewAI, Mastra, Pydantic AI, Google ADK, and a plain HTTP agent you wrote yourself. Your model and orchestration layer stay where they are.
The distinction that matters is what a channel is not. It is not a second agent. It is a transport along with a rendering target. You write a message once, and the adapter lowers it into each platform’s native format. That means Block Kit in Slack and Adaptive Cards in Teams. Not a text blob pushed through a webhook.
Is It Deployable?
Yes. The SDK is published, MIT licensed, and has a documented runtime contract.
How One Turn Actually Flows
Here is the single path for every turn:
A person messages your app in Slack or Microsoft Teams.
CopilotKit Intelligence receives the platform event and delivers it to your Channels process.
Channels runs your agent over AG-UI, executes tools, and renders the …