Still reminding people about their tasks manually every morning?

Let’s be honest — who wants to start the day chasing teammates about what they need to do?

What if Slack could do it for you — automatically, at 9 a.m. every day — without missing anything, and without you lifting a finger?

In this tutorial, you’ll build a simple automation with n8n that checks Airtable for active tasks and sends reminders in Slack, daily.

Here’s the flow you’ll build:

Schedule Trigger → Search Records (Airtable) → Send Message (Slack)

STEP 1 : Set up your Airtable base

Create a new base called Tasks

Add a table (for example: Projects, To-Do, or anything relevant)

Add the following fields:

Field	Type	Example
Title	Text	Finalize quote for Client A
Assignee	Text	Baptiste Fort
Email	Email	[email protected]
Status	Single select	In Progress / Done
Due Date	Date (dd/mm/yyyy)	05/07/2025

Add a few sample tasks with the status In Progress so you can test your workflow later.

STEP 2 Create the trigger in n8n

In n8n, add a Schedule Trigger node

Set it to run every day at 9:00 a.m.:

Trigger interval: Days

Days Between Triggers: 1

Trigger at hour: 9

Trigger at minute: 0

This is the node that kicks off the workflow every morning.

STEP 3 : Search for active tasks in Airtable

This step is all about connecting n8n to your Airtable base and pulling the tasks that are still marked as "In Progress".

1. Add the Airtable node

In your n8n workflow, add a node called:

Airtable → Search Records

You can find it by typing "airtable" in the node search.

2. Create your Airtable Personal Access Token

If you haven’t already created your Airtable token, here’s how:

🔗 Go to: https://airtable.com/create/tokens

Then:

Name your token something like TACHES

Under Scopes, check:

✅ data.records:read

Under Access, select only the base you want to use (e.g. “Tâches”)

Click “Save token”

Copy the personal token

3. Set up the Airtable credentials in n8n

In the Airtable node:

Click on the Credentials field

Select: Airtable Personal Access Token

Click Create New

Paste your token

Give it a name like: My Airtable Token

Click Save

4. Configure the node

Now fill in the parameters:

Base: Tâches

Table: Produits (or Tâches, depending on what you called it)

Operation: Search

Filter By Formula:

{Statut} = "En cours"

Return All: ✅ Yes (make sure it’s enabled)

Output Format: Simple

5. Test the node

Click “Execute Node”.

You should now see all tasks with Statut = "En cours" show up in the output (on the right-hand side of your screen), just like in your screenshot.

STEP 4: Send each task to Slack

Now that we’ve fetched all the active tasks from Airtable, let’s send them to Slack — one by one — using a loop.

Add the Slack node

Drag a new node into your n8n workflow and select:

Slack → Message

Name it something like Send Slack Message

You can find it quickly by typing "Slack" into the node search bar.

Connect your Slack account

If you haven't already connected your Slack credentials:

Go to n8n → Credentials

Select Slack API

Click Create new

Paste your Slack Bot Token (from your Slack App OAuth settings)

Give it a clear name like Slack Bot n8n

Choose the workspace and save

Then, in the Slack node, choose this credential from the dropdown.

Configure the message

Set these parameters:

Operation: Send

Send Message To: Channel

Channel: your Slack channel (e.g. #tous-n8n)

Message Type: Simple Text Message

Message template
Paste the following inside the Message Text field:

Message template

Paste the following inside the Message Text field: New task for {{ $json.name }}: {{ $json["Titre"] }} 👉 Deadline: {{ $json["Date limite"] }}

Example output:

New task for Jeremy: Relancer fournisseur X 👉 Deadline: 2025-07-04

Test it

Click Execute Node to verify the message is correctly sent in Slack.

If the formatting works, you’re ready to run it on schedule 🚀