Slack integration with OmniFocus
How to Create OmniFocus tasks from new Slack messages
If you communicate with your team on Slack, you can streamline the process of adding new tasks to your to-do list. Once a message appears in Slack, a new task will be automatically added to OmniFocus. Your personal to-do list is up to date with information shared through Slack messages, allowing you to spend time prioritizing your tasks.
Steps to automate
Use Nekton workflow automation service.Preparation
Create Nekton account. You can also use your existing Google account
to sign in.
Create automation
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Click on the "Create new workflow" button, and then add "Automated step".
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Set the step description to "Create OmniFocus tasks from new Slack messages" and then click on "Automate".
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Provide the necessary parameters and click on the "Test it" button to check your automation. If you had issues with it, you can click on "Automate" again to try a different one.
Create a schedule (optional)
If you want to run this automation on a schedule, click on the gear button on the workflow editor
screen
to configure it. For example, you can run this flow every hour or every day.
Automate OmniFocus integrations
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OmniFocus actions
Nekton can use any feature that is available in OmniFocus API.
Using our advanced AI, you can easily create custom automations for OmniFocus.
Here are some typical actions you can do in your automated workflows.
Create Task
Creates a new task in your OmniFocus Inbox.
About OmniFocus
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