Send alerts to Slack, Discord or a webhook
Tell your team in chat when a social post or email still has no publish time.
When a Content, Social media or Email item is due soon and has no publish time, IdeaLine tells the assignee in the bell and by email, and posts to every destination you add here. Each item is announced at most twice: when it first comes into range, and on its last day.
Connect Slack or Discord#
- Open Settings, then Calendar & integrations
- Under Notification destinations, choose Add to Slack or Add to Discord
The buttons appear when they are set up for your IdeaLine.
- Approve in the window that opens
Pick the channel that should get the alerts.
- Choose Test beside the new destination
A test message should arrive in the channel.
Add a webhook#
- Under Add a webhook, type a Name
For example “Zapier”.
- Choose a Message format
Full details (JSON) for Zapier, Make or n8n; Simple text fields; Slack message format; or Discord message format.
- Paste the Webhook URL
It must be an https address, such as a Zapier “Catch Hook”, a Make or n8n webhook, a Slack or Discord incoming-webhook URL, or your own server. IdeaLine stores it encrypted and never shows it again.
- Choose Save destination
If a signing secret is shown, copy it now. It is not shown again. It lets your server check the X-IdeaLine-Signature header.
- Choose Test
Manage destinations#
Each destination shows its type, host and whether the last send worked. Choose Test, Pause or Resume, or Remove. Nothing more is sent to a removed or paused destination.
Only owners and admins can manage destinations. Treat a webhook address like a password, because anyone with it can post to that channel.
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- Subscribe to IdeaLine from Google, Outlook or Apple CalendarCreate a private calendar link that your own calendar app keeps up to date.
- Connect BufferLet people send social posts from IdeaLine to Buffer as drafts, queued or scheduled posts.
- Choose how and when you are alertedLive pop-ups, desktop notifications, reminders and an email digest.
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