Some information only arrives by email: customer questions, server alerts, supplier notices, daily reports. Forward those messages to your Email Parser address and FlowMattic turns each one into a Slack post, a direct message or a file upload, chosen by sender, subject or keywords. Teams see what matters in Slack without everyone watching the same inbox.
2 triggers 14 actions 6 example workflows 2 ready-made templates Unlimited runs
When this happens in Email Parser2 triggers
Do this in Slack14 actions
1. TriggerEmail Received2. ActionSend Channel MessageWhen Email Parser fires Email Received, 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
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.
Ready-made templateForward the support mailbox to the parser address and each email appears in #support with sender, subject and body, so the whole team can see and claim it.
Email ReceivedSend Channel Message
View the template Ready-made templateA Router checks the body. Messages about invoices are forwarded to accounts by email, messages about support go to Slack, and an email that mentions both is treated as an invoice.
Email ReceivedRouterEmail (SMTP)Send Channel Message
View the template A Lookup Table matches the sender's address to the account manager's email, Slack finds that teammate, and they get a DM instead of waiting for someone to notice the shared inbox.
Email ReceivedLookup TableFind User by EmailSend Direct Message
Uptime tools send alert emails. A Filter passes subjects with DOWN, the alert is posted to #ops, and the channel topic changes so anyone joining knows an incident is open.
Email ReceivedFilterSend Channel MessageSet Channel Topic
Daily exports and PDF reports that arrive as attachments are uploaded to the reporting channel, so people open them in Slack instead of asking who has the email.
Email ReceivedUpload File
Industry newsletters are useful but long. An AI Agent pulls out the three points that matter to your team and posts them to #news with the original subject.
Email ReceivedAI AgentSend Channel Message
At the end, every email forwarded to your parser address is posted in the Slack channel you choose.
Under Connects, add a Slack connection for your workspace.
Create a workflow with Email Parser Email Received and copy the email address the trigger gives you.
Set your support mailbox to forward messages to that address, then send a test email to capture the fields.
Add Slack Send Channel Message, choose the channel, build the message from the sender, subject and body, then switch the workflow on.
1. Trigger in Email Parser
Email Received
2. Action in Slack
Send Channel Message
Fields mapped from the earlier steps (a typical setup)
| From Email Parser | To Slack |
|---|---|
| From name | First line of the post |
| From email | Reply address |
| Subject | Bold heading |
| Body text | Message text |
A trigger starts a workflow. An action is something FlowMattic does in the app as a step.
Email Parser and Slack connect through FlowMattic on your own site, with no separate automation account in the middle and no charge per run.
Emails are handled by FlowMattic on your WordPress install before anything is posted to Slack, with no outside parsing service.
Runs are unlimited, so a mailbox that forwards hundreds of alerts a day needs no larger plan.
Any system that can send email can now post to Slack, including old tools with no Slack app of their own.
The Email Parser trigger gives you an email address. Anything sent or forwarded there starts a FlowMattic workflow, and a Slack action such as Send Channel Message posts the sender, subject and body to the channel you choose.
Yes. Add a Router after the trigger with a path for each rule, for example by sender domain or by a word in the subject, and give each path its own Slack step.
Not through this pair, since Slack has no triggers here. Include the sender's address in the post so a teammate can reply from their own mail app.
Attachments captured by the trigger can be sent with Slack Upload File. Send a test email with an attachment first to see the fields the parser provides.
Add a Filter after the trigger that only lets through certain senders or subjects. Everything else stops quietly and nothing is posted.
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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. Email Parser integration 1.0, Slack integration 1.0.
