Daily birthday reminders from Google Contacts to Slack

Ensure you never miss a birthday with this automated workflow designed by WeblineIndia. It retrieves your Google Contacts, identifies birthdays happening today, and sends personalized reminders directly to a designated Slack channel. This daily automation keeps your team informed and makes birthday celebrations effortless.

Steps

Set Daily Schedule (Cron Node) - Configure a Cron node to trigger the workflow daily at a specific time (e.g., 8 AM). - This ensures the workflow runs consistently every day to check for birthdays.

Retrieve Contacts (Google Contacts - Get Contact Node) - Use the Google Contacts (Get Contact) node to fetch your contact list. - Ensure your contacts have birthday details stored for accurate filtering.

Filter Birthdays (IF Node) - Add an IF Node to compare the current date with each contact’s birthday. - Only contacts whose birthdays match today’s date will move to the next step.

Send Birthday Notifications to Slack (Slack - Send Message Node) - Use the Slack node to send a personalized birthday message to your chosen Slack channel (e.g., general or birthdays). - Customize the message to include the contact’s name, e.g., "🎉 Today is John Doe's birthday! Let’s celebrate!" - Configure the node to target a specific Slack channel for seamless notifications.

Activate Workflow - Save and activate the workflow.

From now on, the workflow will automatically check for birthdays daily and send timely reminders to your Slack team.