Files land in Google Drive and the conversation about them happens in Slack. FlowMattic connects the two from your WordPress site: a link in the right channel when a file arrives, a new channel when a client folder appears, a private alert when a contract changes. It suits agencies, legal and finance teams, and anyone tired of asking where the latest version is.
4 triggers 42 actions 6 example workflows 8 ready-made templates Unlimited runs
When this happens in Google Drive4 triggers
Do this in Slack14 actions
1. TriggerNew File in Folder2. ActionSend Channel MessageWhen Google Drive fires New File in Folder, 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.
Whenever someone uploads or moves a file into the shared folder, its name and link are posted to Slack, so the team stops asking whether the deck is in Drive yet.
New File in FolderSend Channel Message
Account managers create a folder per client in Drive. Each new folder creates a matching Slack channel and sets its topic to the folder link, so files and talk start in step.
New FolderCreate ChannelSet Channel Topic
Edits to files in the contracts folder post to a private channel with the file name and link, so legal hears about a changed clause before the contract goes out for signature.
Updated FileSend Private Channel Message
A file dropped into the approvals folder adds a Slack reminder for the approver, which keeps invoices and artwork from sitting unread while everyone assumes someone else checked them.
New File in FolderAdd Reminder
Every Monday a Schedule searches the review folder with Find Multiple Files and posts the file names to the editors' channel, a short to-do list for the week.
ScheduleFind Multiple FilesSend Channel Message
A signing tool, render service or form plugin sends a file URL to a Webhook. FlowMattic uploads the file to a Drive folder and posts in Slack that the copy is stored.
WebhookUpload a FileSend Channel Message
At the end, every file added to your chosen Drive folder shows up as a Slack message with its link.
Under Connects in FlowMattic, add a Google Drive connection with the account that owns or can see the shared folder.
Add a Slack connection for the workspace where the team channel lives.
Start a workflow with New File in Folder, pick the folder, then upload a test file so FlowMattic captures its details.
Add Send Channel Message, choose the channel and insert the file name, link and upload time from the captured data.
Test the Slack step, check the message in the channel and switch the workflow on.
1. Trigger in Google Drive
New File in Folder
2. Action in Slack
Send Channel Message
Fields mapped from the earlier steps (a typical setup)
| From Google Drive | To Slack |
|---|---|
| File name | Message heading |
| File link | Link in the message |
| Created time | Uploaded line |
| File type | Type line |
A trigger starts a workflow. An action is something FlowMattic does in the app as a step.
Google Drive and Slack connect through FlowMattic on your own site, with no separate automation account in the middle and no charge per run.
File names, links and folder details go from Google Drive to Slack through your own WordPress site, not through an outside automation service.
Runs are unlimited on every plan, so a folder that receives hundreds of scans a week costs the same as a quiet one.
Fourteen Slack actions, including private channels, DMs, reminders and channel topics, let each folder tell the right people in the right place.
Create a FlowMattic workflow with the Google Drive New File in Folder trigger, choose the folder, and add Slack's Send Channel Message with the file name and link. Test it with a sample upload, then switch it on.
Yes. Add a Filter after the trigger that checks the file type or name, so only matching files reach Slack. A Router can send different types to different channels.
Not directly, because Slack has no triggers in FlowMattic. Send the file URL to a Webhook from the app that produces the file, then use Upload a File and confirm in Slack.
Yes. New File in Folder runs when a file is created, uploaded or moved into the folder you picked, so reorganising files can post them too. Use a Filter if that is noisy.
Yes. Send Channel Message can post or schedule a message, and Send Direct Message and Send Private Channel Message can also schedule one for later, for example the next working morning.
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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 Drive integration 3.0.0, Slack integration 1.0.
