Daily task reminder system: Airtable to Slack automated notifications

Still reminding people about their tasks manually every morning?

Let’s be honest — who wants to start the day chasing teammates about what they need to do?

What if Slack could do it for you — automatically, at 9 a.m. every day — without missing anything, and without you lifting a finger?


In this tutorial, you’ll build a simple automation with n8n that checks Airtable for active tasks and sends reminders in Slack, daily.

Here’s the flow you’ll build:

Schedule Trigger → Search Records (Airtable) → Send Message (Slack)

STEP 1 : Set up your Airtable base