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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 T...

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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](https://trello.com/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.

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2️⃣ Connect Slack 1. Go to [Slack API Apps](https://api.slack.com/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.

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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.

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