Automous terminal agent accessible through Slack

David Pickett

16 Jan 2026 — 1 min read

People: David

Idea: Testing KIRA, Krafton's open-source project that lets you run a full Claude Code instance through Slack, on our local PMF hardware.

Details:

Nicole mentioned wanting more Slack bot and automation options for the team
Found Krafton's KIRA project on GitHub which does exactly this: https://github.com/krafton-ai/KIRA)and
KIRA basically wraps Claude Code/Cowork and exposes it through a Slack chat interface
Decided to try installing it on our on-island hardware as a test
Setup was straightforward enough for a simple bot install
Got basic chat functionality working without issues
Also tested tool use - websearch worked fine
Runs on a regular Claude Code subscription, no API/token setup needed
Could be a nice way to give the team Claude Cowork/Code access without everyone needing their own setup
Next step is seeing how it handles more complex agentic tasks

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