Hi, happy to clarify - Yes, the Slack terms update significantly impacts Slack channel data sources in AI agents.
Here's what's happening:
Slack no longer allows third-party indexing of Slack data due to updated terms of service (effective Sept 2nd, 2025)
Your current Slack DataSource (the one that indexes channel content for AI agents) will be deleted on September 2nd for compliance
Impact on AI agents:
AI agents that currently use Slack channels as data sources will lose access to that data
The Slack bot (@Dust in channels) can still work, but requires migrating to a new marketplace app
As of July 25th: Current @Dust bot renamed to @DustLegacy , on August 1st: @DustLegacy stops responding, and on September 2nd: Slack DataSource completely deleted , we will communicate before this happens
In short, you should migrate to the new Slack bot app from the marketplace for @Dust interactions, but you will lose the ability to use Slack channels as indexed data sources for your AI agents after September 2nd.