Daily Trello Task Deadline Digests to Slack — n8n Workflow

Medium complexity⚡ Trigger9 nodes🏷️ Project Managementby Robert Breen

Overview

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

Nodes used

SlackTrelloCode

Workflow Preview

⚙️ 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*
📋 Trello → Slack Daily Task Reporter
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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)
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1️⃣ Connect Trello (Developer API)
1. Get your API key: https://trello.com/app-key
2. Generate a token (from the same page → Token)
3. In n8n → Credentials → New → Trello API, pa
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How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a trigger trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 9 nodes, connecting code, filter, manualtrigger.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (9)

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Slack

slack

#1
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Trello

trello

#2
CO

Code

code

#3

How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded daily-trello-task-deadline-digests-to-slack file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Daily Trello Task Deadline Digests to Slack", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

codefiltermanualtriggermergesetslacktrello

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Nodes9
Complexitymedium
Triggertrigger
CategoryProject Management

Created by

Robert Breen

Robert Breen

@rbreen

Tags

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