Let your Grist tables speak up in Slack. New records post to the channel that owns them, status changes reach the person responsible, and a morning digest built from a SQL query lists what is overdue. FlowMattic runs it all on your own WordPress site, using the columns your documents already have.
2 triggers 41 actions 7 example workflows 3 ready-made templates Unlimited runs
When this happens in Grist2 triggers
Do this in Slack14 actions
1. TriggerRecord Added2. ActionSend Channel MessageWhen Grist fires Record Added, 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.
Requests, leads or bug reports entered in a Grist table show up in the team channel with the columns that matter, so nobody has to keep the document open to spot new rows.
Record AddedSend Channel Message
A Router reads the status column. Urgent rows go to the on-call channel, normal ones to the team channel, and drafts post nothing until someone finishes them.
Record AddedRouterSend Channel Message
Record Updated runs on every edit, so a Filter waits for the status to become blocked. The owner's email in the row is matched to their Slack account for a direct message.
Record UpdatedFilterFind User by EmailSend Direct Message
Ready-made templateThe agent reads the new row, picks a category and priority, writes them back to Grist with Update Record and posts a short summary, so the table and the channel agree.
Record AddedAI AgentUpdate RecordSend Channel Message
View the template Grist's Run SQL Query can select every task past its due date across a table. A Schedule runs it each morning and one Slack message lists the results.
ScheduleRun SQL QueryFilterSend Channel Message
When someone fills in the follow-up date on a record, the workflow sets a Slack reminder for that day, so the date in the table turns into a prompt at the right time.
Record UpdatedDate/Time FormatterAdd Reminder
Teams that keep photos, quotes or drawings in an attachments column get the file in Slack when the row is added, ready to preview without opening Grist.
Record AddedDownload AttachmentUpload File
At the end, each record added to the Grist table you choose is posted as a message in your Slack channel.
Under Connects, add Grist with an API key from your Grist profile settings.
Add a Slack connection with an account that belongs to the channel you want to post in.
Create a workflow with Grist Record Added, pick the document and table, then add a test row so FlowMattic captures its columns.
Add Slack Send Channel Message, choose the channel, place the record's columns in the text, test the step and switch the workflow on.
1. Trigger in Grist
Record Added
2. Action in Slack
Send Channel Message
Fields mapped from the earlier steps (a typical setup)
| From Grist | To Slack |
|---|---|
| Title column | Message: heading |
| Status column | Message: status |
| Owner column | Message: owner |
| Row ID | Message: link back to the row |
A trigger starts a workflow. An action is something FlowMattic does in the app as a step.
Grist and Slack connect through FlowMattic on your own site, with no separate automation account in the middle and no charge per run.
Messages are built from the row itself, and AI or lookup results are written back to Grist, so Slack never holds information the table lacks.
Run SQL Query lets you post one summary of what needs attention, which suits busy tables better than a message for every edit.
FlowMattic runs on your WordPress site, so a table that changes hundreds of times a day needs no bigger plan and row data passes through your server.
Yes. Start a workflow with Grist Record Updated, pick the table, then add a Filter on the column you watch, such as status. Slack Send Channel Message or Send Direct Message posts the change.
Each workflow watches one document and table that the connected API key can open. Build another workflow for each table you want in Slack, each with its own channel if you like.
Yes. Use a Schedule with Run SQL Query or List Records, then send one Slack message with the results. A Filter can skip the message on days when the query returns nothing.
It can, because Update Record also counts as an update. Filter on a column only people change, or write the workflow's results to a column the Filter ignores.
Yes. Add an AI Agent step after the trigger with your instructions and the row's columns. It can return a summary, a category or a priority that you post to Slack and save back to Grist.
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Reviewed 27 Oct 2026. The example workflows are written with AI from the real triggers and actions of both integrations and checked against them. Grist integration 1.0.0, Slack integration 1.0.
