One product, four surfaces
Web
The full Sidekick application in the browser. Everything a thread holds is here.
Desktop app
Sidekick as an installed app. It adds on-your-computer execution and nudges.
Slack
Start and continue threads from Slack, inside the conversations already happening there.
Teams
The same in Microsoft Teams: work with Sidekick without leaving the tool your team uses.
The thread is the same ledger everywhere
A thread started in Slack is the same thread you can open on the web. The conversation, tool runs, approvals, files, and artifacts do not fork per surface. You pick up the work wherever you are, and the record stays whole.What the desktop app adds
The desktop app is the surface that unlocks two capabilities the others do not:- On-your-computer execution: run a thread’s work on your approved device instead of the cloud. See How work runs.
- Nudges: prompts that bring relevant work back to you at the right moment.
Slack and Teams are entry points into the same threads, not separate copies. Governance, models, and placement behave the same way regardless of which surface you started from.
Where to go next
Sidekick in Slack and Teams
How to start and continue threads from chat.
Running on your computer
How the desktop app runs work on your own device.
Slack surface
How admins set up and govern the Slack surface.
Teams surface
How admins set up and govern the Teams surface.