Send a Slack alert each time a TaskMagic automation scrapes new data

When a TaskMagic automation sends its scraped data to FlowMattic, this workflow posts a message to the Slack channel you choose, built from the scraped values, so your team sees the results in Slack.

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The Send a Slack alert each time a TaskMagic automation scrapes new data workflow on the FlowMattic canvas, with 2 steps across TaskMagic, Slack — The workflow as it appears in the builder after import. Each step opens for editing.

What this workflow does

A TaskMagic automation can scrape data from web pages: prices, listings, job posts, stock levels. The results are only useful if someone looks at them. Posting them to Slack puts them in front of the people who act on them, in a channel they already read.

The TaskMagic trigger starts the workflow each time your automation hands over a batch of scraped data. You set up the TaskMagic side to send its results, and each delivery starts one run. FlowMattic passes the scraped values to Slack, where the Send Channel Message action posts to the channel you pick. You write the message and drop the scraped values into it.

The workflow posts every time TaskMagic sends data, whether or not anything changed since the last run. If you only want a message when a value meets a rule, add a Filter between the two steps. Each post is listed in Task History with the values that came in.

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Stock checks on a supplier site

Your automation reads stock levels from a supplier portal. A Slack message shows the current figures so purchasing can decide what to order.

How this workflow runs

What happens at each step once the workflow is on, and what you need before you import it.

Step 1Trigger
TaskMagic Scrape Data from Automation
Fires when a TaskMagic automation sends its scraped data to FlowMattic. Each delivery starts a run, and the scraped values become available to use in the Slack message.
Step 2Action
Slack Send Channel Message
Sends a message into the Slack channel you select. Connect your Slack workspace, pick the channel, and write the message text with the scraped values mapped into it.

What you need

FlowMatticCore
TaskMagic AccountAccount
Slack AccountAccount

After importing, map your own data. To keep the template universal, not every step is pre-filled. Open each step in the builder and connect your accounts and fields (channels, lists, sheets, recipients) before you switch the workflow on.

Make it yours

Changes worth making after you import it.

Add a Filter after the TaskMagic trigger so the message is posted only when a scraped value meets your rule, for example a price below a figure you set. Remember that a blank value counts as 0 in number comparisons.
Add a Google Sheets step after Slack to keep every scrape as a row, so you have a history to compare against later.
Run the TaskMagic automation once after import so FlowMattic captures real scraped fields. Then map them into the message instead of guessing the field names.