# We built our coding agent for Slack instead of the terminal

DevFeed: [We built our coding agent for Slack instead of the terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/we-built-our-coding-agent-for-slack-instead-of-the-terminal-31105.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.mintlify.com/blog/we-built-our-coding-agent-for-slack>)

Author: Nick Khami

Published: 2025-09-29T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Mintlify Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mintlify-blog.md>)

Topics: [Slack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/slack.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [Terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/terminal.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [coding-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding-agents.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [slack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>)

## AI overview

Mintlify explains why it built Mintlify Agent as a Slack app rather than a terminal-based coding agent. The article connects this choice to developers' reluctance to reopen their development environment for documentation work and presents Slack as a more accessible setting for updating docs.

## Source excerpt

Behind the scenes of why we built our agent for Slack.