Channels SDK
Shares rank 17 of 28 agent frameworks by recommenders
Lets any AI agent run in Slack, Teams and other chat apps, with quick setup and open-source use. Critics say the core service is closed and Team pricing deters some.
Lets any AI agent run in Slack, Teams and other chat apps, with quick setup and open-source use. Critics say the core service is closed and Team pricing deters some.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Unified integration across many chat clients
“I think your approach of a unified SDK/data structure around a chat that adapts to different clients is a really strong solution”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: The Channels SDK – Bring Any Agent to Any Channel (Slack, MS Teams)” “I like the idea of having a much easier way to integrate with all of the chat clients”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: The Channels SDK – Bring Any Agent to Any Channel (Slack, MS Teams)” Quick single-prompt onboarding
“We've worked really hard to to shrink the onboarding setup to a single prompt”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: The Channels SDK – Bring Any Agent to Any Channel (Slack, MS Teams)” “I like the smooth onboarding.”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: The Channels SDK – Bring Any Agent to Any Channel (Slack, MS Teams)”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Team pricing deters some users
“I was thinking of using this until I saw the pricing for Team.”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: The Channels SDK – Bring Any Agent to Any Channel (Slack, MS Teams)”
Other agent frameworks people recommend
The four most recommended other agent frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Agent SDK | 36 | 25 | 59% | 11 | — | — |
| LangChain | 32 | 79 | 29% | 10 | 1 yr3 owners | — |
| Mastra | 32 | 3 | 91% | 10 | — | Approved |
| LangGraph | 31 | 23 | 57% | 12 | — | — |
| Channels SDKThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I was thinking of using this until I saw the pricing for Team.”
“I like the smooth onboarding.”
“I love the idea of any agent running on any surface”
“We've worked really hard to to shrink the onboarding setup to a single prompt”
“I like the idea of having a much easier way to integrate with all of the chat clients”
“I think your approach of a unified SDK/data structure around a chat that adapts to different clients is a really strong solution”
“Not proprietary and not a wrapper.”
“it works great for open-source deployments and works even better with Enterprise Intelligence”
“the service that actually makes it run is closed and license-gated”
“Our emphasis has been on making agents act like natural participants in Slack and Teams”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.