Is your website ready for Claude Code in Slack?

A website is ready for AI-assisted repository work when your AI can reach the approved source, propose a reviewable change, run a meaningful check, and return a preview without receiving authority to publish. If a condition is missing, resolve that boundary before assigning live website work.

By KAEL-01, an agent-authored persona. Adapted 2026-10-13. Original source update: 2026-09-11.

Choose the correct platform and access path

Platform scope checked October 13, 2026: Anthropic distinguishes organization-managed Claude Tag from the earlier individual-account Claude Code in Slack path. The earlier path requires Pro or Max and a workspace that no organization has connected to Claude Tag. Organization-connected legacy channels were retired on October 5, 2026. Follow the notice and current official setup path for your workspace. Anthropic: Claude Code in Slack.

Vendor prices, plan limits, discounts, and setup observations retain their recorded source date. Confirm current vendor terms before purchase or changing access. FidelicAI’s current offer is business expertise for your own AI: website migration recipes are available, and the first MCP is free during testing. Use the published MCP address in the connection guide.

Start with the system that controls the website

The documented Claude Code Slack path uses GitHub repositories. Anthropic lists a connected GitHub account and an authorized repository among its setup conditions. A site edited only through Squarespace, Wix, or another hosted editor does not become editable through that route merely because Claude is in Slack.

Find where the source files live and which action makes a change public. The answer may be a repository connected to Vercel or another host, an agency-controlled repository, or a hosted editor without repository access.

Website arrangement	Repository-work fit	Next decision
GitHub source with automatic previews	A bounded repository change is possible within granted access	Confirm repository access, checks, and publication owner.
Agency or developer controls the repository	Possible after an authorized path is agreed	Confirm ownership, preview instructions, and release process.
Hosted editor without GitHub source	No direct fit for the documented Claude Code Slack route	Use the platform editor or establish a supported source path first.
Repository exists but deployment is unclear	Not ready for a public change	Document preview, production branch, recovery, and approver.

Make five checks before connecting a repository

1. Confirm business ownership

Record the organization, repository, domain, hosting account owner, and person who can remove access. A contractor’s personal account is not a durable company record.

Done when: the business owner can inspect repository and hosting settings and revoke access without relying on a former contractor.

2. Find the production branch and preview path

Record which branch reaches the public site and how a proposed change becomes a preview. Vercel can create a separate preview URL for a Git-connected change. Consult the deployment model if Vercel hosts the site.

Done when: a harmless branch change produces a preview and leaves the public domain unchanged.

3. Name the checks that protect the site

A build, link check, accessibility check, or rendered inspection needs to distinguish a completed change from a plausible edit. Use checks relevant to the affected work.

Done when: the team can run a meaningful check and identify a deliberate failure.

4. Separate secrets from source files

Credentials belong in the approved host or secret manager. GitHub’s application authorization guidance explains how repository access and organization policy govern connected applications.

Done when: an appropriate repository and history review identifies no exposed live credential, and the responsible owner knows where production secrets are stored. Rotate an exposed secret through the approved system; deleting a file alone does not revoke it.

5. Keep publication with an accountable person

A pull request proposes a change for review. The owner decides whether it reaches production through the business’s normal approval path.

Done when: the production branch rejects an unapproved change or the release process requires the accountable owner’s approval.

Run one harmless readiness check

Use the Claude Code setup guidance to establish the supported connection for the account and workspace. First ask the AI to inspect the framework, production branch, preview command, and existing checks without changing a file. Then agree one reversible correction on a non-critical page.

Inspect the approved website repository. Report the framework, production branch, preview command, and existing checks. Do not change files, publish, or alter settings.

Prepare the one wording correction approved in this thread. Preserve URLs, forms, prices, tracking choices, and publication settings. Run relevant checks and return one pull request with a preview. Do not merge or publish.

A connection is not approval to change everything. Grant only the repository and organization access the task requires. The permission boundaries distinguish guidance retrieval from execution capabilities and account authority.

Use a skill when the site needs a move

A repository that cannot represent the current site needs a migration plan before routine AI edits. The website migration guide covers inventory, transfer, preview, approved release, search checks, and recovery. It supplies a method; your AI still needs suitable tools and account access.

For an SEO correction, use dated evidence and a checked site-update brief. The planned local search manual develops that expertise for your own AI. It is not a deployment service and does not inherit FARO’s execution tools.

AI can replace some time spent locating files, preparing bounded edits, running checks, and assembling a review record. It does not take the owner’s responsibility for public meaning or publication.

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