Foreman: Open Source Slack Bot for Remote Control of Local Claude Code

What Foreman Does

Foreman is a Slack bot that acts as a remote control for Claude Code running locally on your Mac. The primary use case is enabling developers to send tasks to Claude from their phone while away from their desk, eliminating the need to return to their laptop frequently.

Key Differences from Anthropic's Official Integration

Unlike Anthropic's cloud-based Slack integration where tasks run on their servers, Foreman controls a local Claude Code instance. This means Claude maintains full access to your local filesystem, tools, and environment, with no data leaving your machine.

Core Features

• Each Slack channel gets its own independent Claude Code session
• Channel naming functionality: name a channel #clive or #betty and the bot adopts that persona
• File edits and shell commands show Approve/Deny buttons for control from your phone
• Read-only tools are auto-approved to reduce button tapping
• Load local Claude Code plugins per channel with /cc plugin <path> for building and testing your own plugins

Getting Started

Installation is straightforward:

npm install -g foreman-bot
foreman init

The foreman init command walks you through creating the Slack app and setting up tokens, taking approximately 5 minutes.

Availability

Foreman is available on GitHub at https://github.com/S0MMS/foreman-bot and via npm at https://www.npmjs.com/package/foreman-bot.