Daily Trello Task Deadline Digests to Slack

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)

  1. Get your API key here → Trello App Key
  2. On the same page, generate a Token (click Token ).
  3. In n8n → Credentials → New → Trello API → paste API Key + Token , then save.
  4. Open each Trello node ( Get Board , Get Lists , Get Cards ) and select your Trello credential.

2️⃣ Connect Slack

  1. Go to Slack API Apps and create a new app.
  2. Add OAuth & Permissions → include scopes like:
    • chat:write (to send messages)
    • users:read (if targeting specific users)
  3. Install the app to your workspace → copy the Bot User OAuth Token .
  4. In n8n → Credentials → New → Slack OAuth2 API → paste the token and save.
  5. 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”

  1. Copy your Trello board URL (eg https://trello.com/b/DCpuJbnd/administrative-tasks ).
  2. Open the Get Board node → set:
    • Resource : Board
    • Operation : Get
    • ID → choose URL mode and paste the board link.
  3. 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

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