Use AI to take huddle notes in Slack

Delegate the responsibility of taking notes during a huddle to AI so your team can focus on the conversation. When AI notes are on, Slack will use your real-time conversation and messages in the huddle thread to capture key takeaways and action items in a canvas.

Note: Starting July 17, 2025, AI huddle notes will be rolling out gradually to all customers on paid plans. If you don’t see this feature, an owner or admin may have restricted access.

What to expect

• By default, someone in a huddle needs to turn AI notes on. However, members can choose to start AI notes automatically for all huddles in certain channels.
• Everyone in the huddle will be notified when notes are started, stopped, or canceled.
• After the huddle, your notes (including a list of people in the huddle, topics discussed, action items, and more) will be shared in a canvas in the huddle thread.
• Anyone in the channel or direct message (DM) where the huddle took place can view the notes, which can be shared just like any canvas. Transcripts are embedded in the notes canvas, but won’t show up in search results.
• It’s not possible to use AI notes in huddles with external people or guests.

Start AI notes

Desktop

Mobile

1. From your huddle, click   AI Notes: Off in the bottom left corner.
2. Click Start AI Notes & Transcription, then click Start Notes. A banner will display confirming that AI notes have been turned on.

1. From your huddle, tap the   three dots icon at the bottom of the screen.
2. Tap   Start AI Notes, then tap Start Notes. A banner will display confirming that AI notes have been turned on.

Stop or cancel AI notes

Anyone in a huddle can stop, resume, or cancel AI notes at any time to control what’s transcribed and included in the notes canvas.

Desktop

Mobile

1. From your huddle, click   AI Notes: On, then click Stop AI Notes to pause or Resume AI Notes & Transcription to restart.
2. To turn AI notes off completely, click Delete AI Notes & Transcription. Then, click Delete and Cancel to confirm.

1. From your huddle, tap the   three dots icon on the AI notes banner.
2. Tap Stop Transcription to pause or Resume Transcription to restart.
3. To turn AI notes off completely, tap Delete Transcript. Then, tap Delete and Cancel to confirm.

Turn on automatic huddle notes for a channel

Any member in a channel can choose to have AI notes start automatically in that channel. If you don’t see this option, find an owner or admin to ask for help, as they may have chosen to restrict access to this feature.

Turn notes on

1. From your desktop, open a channel.
2. Click the channel name in the conversation header, then click Settings.
3. Next to Always Start AI Notes, click Edit. 
4. Check the box next to Start AI notes automatically for every huddle in #channel-name.
5. Click Save.

Turn notes off

1. From your desktop, open a channel. 
2. Click the channel name in the conversation header, then click Settings. 
3. Next to AI huddle notes, click Edit. 
4. Uncheck the box next to Start AI notes automatically for every huddle in #channel-name. 

Who can use this feature?

• All members
• Available on paid plans