Trello to Slack Notification Trigger: Task/Card Move Alerts — n8n Workflow

Low complexity⚡ Trigger5 nodes🏷️ Project Managementby Robert Breen

Overview

Sends a Slack notification whenever a Trello card is moved between lists on a specific board. Message format (bolded parts):
Task: {{ $json.Task }} moved from {{ $json['Previous Step'] }} to {{ $json['New Step'] }}

⚙️ Setup Instructions

1️⃣ Connect Trello (Developer API) Get your API key here → Trello App Key
On the same page, generate a Token (click Token).
In n8n → Credentials → New → Trello API → paste API Key + Token, then save.
Open each Trello node (Get Board, Get Lists, Get Card

Nodes used

HTTP RequestSlack

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How it Works

1
Trigger
The workflow starts with a trigger trigger.
2
Process
Data flows through 5 nodes, connecting httprequest, manualtrigger, set.
3
Output
The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (5)

HTTP Request

httpRequest

Slack

slack

How to Import This Workflow

1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
3Select the downloaded trello-to-slack-notification-trigger-taskcard-move-alerts file and click Import.
4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": " Trello to Slack Notification Trigger: Task/Card Move Alerts ", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

httprequestmanualtriggersetslacktrellotrigger

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Nodes5

Complexitylow

Triggertrigger

CategoryProject Management

Created by

Robert Breen

@rbreen

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