Connect Google Sheets and Slack

Many teams keep their real work in a shared spreadsheet and talk about it in Slack. FlowMattic connects the two from your WordPress site: a new row, a changed status or a deleted line becomes a Slack message in the right channel, so nobody has to keep the sheet open to know what changed.

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When this happens in Google Sheets6 triggers

Do this in Slack14 actions

1. TriggerNew Spreadsheet Row

2. ActionSend Channel Message

When Google Sheets fires New Spreadsheet Row, FlowMattic runs Send Channel Message in Slack with the data from that event.

You build this in the FlowMattic workflow builder on your own site. See the setup steps

Google Sheets and Slack workflows you can build

Each one uses only triggers and actions the two integrations ship today, plus FlowMattic's own tools. Where the library has a ready-made template, import it instead of building from scratch.

Post each new sheet row to a Slack channel

Requests, bookings or orders that land in a sheet show up in the channel where the team already works, with the columns you pick laid out in the message.

New Spreadsheet RowSend Channel Message

Message the owner when their row's status changes

Watch the status column only. When someone sets a row to Approved or Blocked, FlowMattic finds the owner's Slack account by the email in the row and sends them a direct message.

Update Specific Column ValueFind User by EmailSend Direct Message

Ready-made template

Send a morning list of rows still marked pending

Each morning the workflow reads the sheet, loops over the rows and posts only those whose status column says pending, so the day starts with a short to-do list in Slack.

ScheduleGet Row DataIteratorFilterSend Channel Message

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Ready-made template

Have an AI agent summarise a metrics sheet every week

Managers who never open the numbers tab get a plain summary of the week's trends and odd values, written by an AI Agent step and posted to a leadership channel.

ScheduleGet Row DataAI AgentSend Channel Message

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Flag deleted rows in a private channel

Shared sheets lose rows by accident. A private message to the sheet's owners with the removed values gives them a record to restore from.

Deleted Spreadsheet RowSend Private Channel Message

Keep a channel topic in step with one cell

Put this week's on-call person or sprint goal in a single cell. When the cell changes, the channel topic changes with it, so the pinned answer is never out of date.

Update Specific Cell DataSet Channel Topic

Set up: new rows posted to Slack

You will end with a workflow that posts every row added to your chosen sheet as a message in one Slack channel.

Connect Google Sheets
Under Connects in FlowMattic, add a Google Sheets connection using a Google account that can open the spreadsheet.
Connect Slack
Add a Slack connection for the workspace that has the channel you want to post in.
Pick the sheet to watch
Create a workflow with the New Spreadsheet Row trigger, choose the spreadsheet and the tab, then add a test row so FlowMattic captures the columns.
Write the message
Add a Send Channel Message step, choose the channel and build the text from the captured columns, for example the name, the request and the date.
Test and switch on
Test the Slack step to see the message arrive, then switch the workflow on.

Slack app icon — Built on the FlowMattic canvas. Test each step with real data, then switch the workflow on.

From Google Sheets	To Slack
Name column	First line of the message
Request column	Message body
Date column	Footer line
Row link or ID	Reference at the end

Triggers and actions in this pair

A trigger starts a workflow. An action is something FlowMattic does in the app as a step.

Good to know

Slack has no triggers in FlowMattic, so every workflow on this page starts from the sheet, a Schedule or a Webhook. A Slack message cannot add a row by itself.
The columns you can use come from your own header row, so the mapping above is only an example. Add the headers before the test row.
Send Channel Message and Send Direct Message can also schedule a message for later, which suits rows that describe a meeting or a deadline.
Find User by Email only works when the email in the row matches the one on the person's Slack profile.

Google Sheets

Integration page

Triggers (6)

New Spreadsheet RowTrigger when a new row is added to the spreadsheet
New Or Updated Spreadsheet RowTrigger when a row is updated in the spreadsheet
Deleted Spreadsheet RowTrigger when a row is deleted from the spreadsheet
Update Cell DataTrigger when any cell is updated in the spreadsheet
Update Specific Cell DataTrigger when a specific cell is updated in the spreadsheet
Update Specific Column ValueTrigger when a specific column value is updated in the spreadsheet

Actions (19)

Add New RowAdd a new row with mapped data
Update RowUpdate existing row in specific spreadsheet with mapped data
Delete RowDelete row by ID in specific spreadsheet
Clear Row DataClear data or row by ID in specific spreadsheet
Lookup Row DataSearch for data in specific spreadsheet
Get Cell DataGet data for particular cell in specific spreadsheet
Update Cell DataUpdate data for particular cell in specific spreadsheet
Get Row CountGet total number of rows in specific spreadsheet
Get Row DataGet rows data from the sheet based on specified range
Create Spreadsheet ColumnCreate a new column in specific spreadsheet
Create New SheetCreate a new sheet in specific spreadsheet
Import CSV or JSON to Existing SheetImport CSV or JSON data to existing sheet in specific spreadsheet
Copy SheetCopy a sheet to another or within the same spreadsheet
Get RowsRetrieve rows in JSON format for use with Iterator
Export sheet to CSVExport the selected sheet to CSV format and save to WordPress Media Library
Export Sheet to ExcelExport the spreadsheet to Excel (.xlsx) format and save to WordPress Media Library
Export Sheet to PDFExport the spreadsheet to PDF format and save to WordPress Media Library
Export Sheet to OpenDocumentExport the spreadsheet to OpenDocument (.ods) format and save to WordPress Media Library
Export Sheet to TSVExport the selected sheet to TSV format and save to WordPress Media Library

Slack

Integration page

Actions (14)

Send Channel MessagePost or Schedule a new message to a specific #channel
Add ReminderAdds a reminder for the user
Create ChannelCreates a new channel
List All ChannelsRetrieve list of all channels
Set Channel TopicSets the topic on a selected channel
Set StatusSets your Slack status to the given text and emoji
Invite User To ChannelInvite an existing User to an existing Channel. You must be a member of the channel to invite someone to it
Find User by EmailFinds a user by matching against their email instead of their username
Find User by IDFinds a user by their ID.
Send Direct MessageSend a direct message to a user or yourself from the Slackbot. Can also schedule a message for later
Send Private Channel MessagePost a new message to a private channel you choose. Can also schedule a message for later
Update ProfileUpdate basic profile fields such as name or title
Find MessageFinds a Slack message using the Slack Search feature
Upload FileUpload file to your slack workplace

Why run this pair with FlowMattic

Google Sheets and Slack connect through FlowMattic on your own site, with no separate automation account in the middle and no charge per run.

Rows pass through your own site

Customer names and order values go from Google to Slack through your WordPress server, not through a separate automation account.

Busy sheets cost nothing extra

Runs are unlimited, so a sheet that gains hundreds of rows a day needs the same plan as one that gains five.

One sheet can feed many channels

Add a Router and the same row can go to sales, support or finance depending on a column value, all in one workflow.

Common questions

How does the Google Sheets and Slack integration work in FlowMattic?

A Google Sheets trigger such as New Spreadsheet Row or Update Specific Column Value starts the workflow, and a Slack action posts the message. You map columns into the text on the visual builder and test each step with a real row before switching it on.

Can I alert only on certain rows?

Yes. Put a Filter after the trigger and continue only when a column holds the value you care about, such as a priority of High or a total above a number you choose.

Can a Slack message add a row to my sheet?

Not directly, because Slack has no triggers in FlowMattic. You can catch a message from another tool with the Webhook trigger and write it with Add New Row, or start from any other app's trigger.

Can I send one digest instead of a message per row?

Yes. Start with Schedule, read the rows with Get Row Data, and either loop with Iterator or hand the rows to an AI Agent step that writes one summary for the channel.

Will a direct message reach the right person?

Add Find User by Email before Send Direct Message and map the email column. The message goes to the Slack member whose profile email matches that cell.

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Reviewed 23 Oct 2026. The example workflows are written with AI from the real triggers and actions of both integrations and checked against them. Google Sheets integration 2.2.4, Slack integration 1.0.