Building an intelligent Slack bot can be achieved by incorporating language models to classify and respond to messages. Developers can create a bot that identifies questions by classifying messages and retrieving relevant answers from an FAQ to provide automated responses. Additionally, a moderation bot can be developed to detect abusive messages and notify administrators, using classifiers to distinguish between abusive and neutral content. Cohere provides resources and a community forum for developers seeking guidance on implementing these features, with starter code available to facilitate the bot development process.