Automatically pulls tasks from your Trello board and sends a daily summary to Slack.
Perfect for staying on top of admin tasks, due dates, and project updates without leaving Slack.
⚙️ Setup Instructions
1️⃣ Connect Trello (Developer API)
- Get your API key here → Trello App Key
- On the same page, generate a Token (click Token ).
- In n8n → Credentials → New → Trello API → paste API Key + Token , then save.
- Open each Trello node ( Get Board , Get Lists , Get Cards ) and select your Trello credential.
2️⃣ Connect Slack
- Go to Slack API Apps and create a new app.
- Add OAuth & Permissions → include scopes like:
-
chat:write
(to send messages)
-
users:read
(if targeting specific users)
- Install the app to your workspace → copy the Bot User OAuth Token .
- In n8n → Credentials → New → Slack OAuth2 API → paste the token and save.
- In your Slack node (eg, Send a message ), select your Slack credential, and choose whether to send messages to a channel or a user .
3️⃣ Add Your Board URL to “Get Board”
- Copy your Trello board URL (eg
https://trello.com/b/DCpuJbnd/administrative-tasks
).
- Open the Get Board node → set:
-
Resource :
Board
-
Operation :
Get
-
ID → choose URL mode and paste the board link.
- This node will return the board
id
→ used by Get Lists / Get Cards nodes.
📬 Contact
Need help customizing this workflow or building automations?
📧 robert@ynteractive.com
🔗 Robert Breen
🌐 ynteractive.com