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 (e.g., 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 (e.g. 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?

📧 [email protected]
🔗 Robert Breen
🌐 ynteractive.com