SandboxAQ has released Switch, open-source software designed to integrate any AI agent directly into team collaboration channels. The platform connects agents into shared workspaces within tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Discord, allowing humans and AI to collaborate with unified context and history. Through MCP, APIs, and adapters, Switch avoids vendor lock-in, enabling teams to utilize agents and models across providers. “Every team we talk to has capable agents trapped in separate tools, and a coordination cost is reducing the productivity those agents were supposed to deliver,” said Mohammed Aboul-Magd, General Manager, SandboxAQ.
Switch Enables AI Agent Integration Across Collaboration Platforms
This functionality addresses a common challenge; SandboxAQ notes that many teams currently have capable agents operating in isolation, which diminishes productivity. Developers can connect existing agents built with frameworks such as Claude Code, Google ADK, LangChain, and OpenAI, fostering interoperability and flexibility. The software deploys quickly, with both Quick Start and Team editions available, and features an extensible architecture suitable for enterprise-level implementation. A key design element is the concept of “rooms,” or channels that centralize work and maintain context as team members and agents join, leave, or transfer tasks.
The development team itself leveraged Switch during its creation, collaborating across engineering, design, and marketing within these shared rooms throughout the development and launch phases. This internal use case demonstrates the software’s practical application in real-world scenarios, such as incident response where specialized agents can be instantly integrated into a live channel with pre-existing timeline information.
Similarly, marketing teams can utilize research, copy, and design agents within a campaign room, building upon existing assets, while legal teams can expedite deal reviews with agents already familiar with the full context. Mohammed Aboul-Magd, General Manager, SandboxAQ, explained that “Switch pulls agents into the channels where teams already work, where knowledge compounds instead of being relearned with every task.
If you can message a colleague, you can put an agent to work.” Switch is available on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license with the Commons Clause, allowing for free use within enterprises and for the creation of free products incorporating the software. It extends SandboxAQ’s Flint AI portfolio, building upon the Flint CLI, a tool developers use to scan and evaluate individual agents, to facilitate collaborative workflows involving both people and AI, the company says. The software preserves context and history within rooms, ensuring that team output builds upon previous contributions rather than resetting with each handoff, a feature designed to maximize efficiency and knowledge retention.
Every team we talk to has capable agents trapped in separate tools, and a coordination tax eating the productivity those agents were supposed to deliver.
Mohammed Aboul-Magd, General Manager, SandboxAQ
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