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feat: add agent set status to BoltAgent#1441

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Add set_status() to BoltAgent and AsyncBoltAgent for setting assistant thread status directly from the agent listener argument

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  from slack_bolt import App, BoltAgent

  app = App(token=os.environ["SLACK_BOT_TOKEN"])

  @app.event("app_mention")
  def handle_mention(agent: BoltAgent):
      agent.set_status(status="Thinking...")
      # ... do work ...
      stream = agent.chat_stream()
      stream.append(markdown_text="Hello!")
      stream.stop()

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  • slack_bolt.App and/or its core components
  • slack_bolt.Agent and/or its core components
  • slack_bolt.async_app.AsyncApp and/or its core components
  • Adapters in slack_bolt.adapter
  • Document pages under /docs
  • Others

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@srtaalej srtaalej self-assigned this Feb 16, 2026
@srtaalej srtaalej added enhancement New feature or request semver:minor experiment Experimental feature documented with ExperimentalWarning and pydoc Experiment section labels Feb 16, 2026
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@srtaalej LGTM! A few changes needed for async typecheckings but this is awesome to find 🤖 ✨

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zimeg commented Feb 16, 2026

@srtaalej I also changed the semver tag to be patch! For "experiments" we're planning to release these all under patch versions to avoid signaling more meaningful or stable updates 🐭

@srtaalej srtaalej marked this pull request as ready for review February 17, 2026 16:29
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srtaalej commented Feb 17, 2026

tyty @zimeg for speedy reviews and semver updates 🌠 excited to get this one merged 😁

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✅ Great work @srtaalej!

🧪 I haven't manually tested this. Just want to check that one of you have already done it before we merge?

✏️ I left a minor suggestion, I think it's worth a discussion, but we can do it in a 2nd PR!

slack_bolt/agent/agent.py
channel_id=channel or self._channel_id, # type: ignore[arg-type]
thread_ts=thread_ts or self._thread_ts, # type: ignore[arg-type]
status=status,
loading_messages=loading_messages,
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suggestion(non-blocking): This can be a follow-up PR (probably better if it is). I think it would be really nice if Bolt provided sensible defaults.

  • status: "Thinking..." when no status is provided
  • loading_messages:: a list of 5 fun, witty loading messages that are used when no loading messages are provided

This function is called a lot. So, it'll be nice if developers can start with agent.set_status() and have a solid experience out of the box. Then customize it later.

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i like this idea ⭐ working on it 🫡

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oh and yes i tested using the bolt-python-assistant-template 🚀

@srtaalej srtaalej merged commit cd52d19 into main Feb 17, 2026
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