We built our coding agent for Slack instead of the terminal

Mintlify built their coding agent for Slack instead of terminal interfaces because developers often avoid writing documentation after closing their development environment, viewing it as a dreaded chore that requires mentally switching back into coding mode. The Slack-based agent allows developers to simply mention @mintlify after seeing their PR merge notification and request documentation updates in natural language, making the process feel effortless like "sliding into slippers" rather than requiring complex terminal commands and context engineering.