Trello to Slack Notification Trigger: Task/Card Move Alerts — n8n Workflow

Low complexity⚡ Trigger5 nodes🏷️ Project Managementby Robert Breen

Overview

Sends a Slack notification whenever a Trello card is moved between lists on a specific board. Message format (bolded parts):
Task: {{ $json.Task }} moved from {{ $json['Previous Step'] }} to {{ $json['New Step'] }}

⚙️ 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 Card

Nodes used

HTTP RequestSlack

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⚙️ 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: Card Move Alerts (n8n)
Sends a Slack notification whenever a Trello card is mo
`Task: *{{ $json.Task }}* mov
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 5 nodes, connecting httprequest, manualtrigger, set.

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    Output

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

Node Details (5)

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HTTP Request

httpRequest

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Slack

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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 trello-to-slack-notification-trigger-taskcard-move-alerts 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": " Trello to Slack Notification Trigger: Task/Card Move Alerts ", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

httprequestmanualtriggersetslacktrellotrigger

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Nodes5
Complexitylow
Triggertrigger
CategoryProject Management

Created by

Robert Breen

Robert Breen

@rbreen

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