Daily standup prompt in Slack

Every weekday morning, post the standup questions so the team answers in a thread.

Easy Saves ~8 hours/month ProductivityBy Flowngn team

Works with n8n · Make · Zapier

How it works

Trigger: Schedule — weekdays at 9:30
  1. Trigger every weekday morning.
  2. Post Yesterday / Today / Blockers to #standup.

Diagram

Weekdays 9:30Schedule TriggerSPost standupSlack
Trigger App

Build it

Pick your tool — same automation, step by step.

Copy and paste straight into an n8n canvas (Ctrl+V), or download and use Import from File. Then connect your own credentials and replace every YOUR_… placeholder.

Workflow JSON
Show code (81 lines)
{
  "name": "Daily standup prompt in Slack (Flowngn)",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## Daily standup prompt in Slack\nEvery weekday morning, post the standup questions so the team answers in a thread.\n\n**Setup**\n1. Open each node and connect your own credentials.\n2. Replace every YOUR_… placeholder.\n3. Test once, then activate.\n\nFree template from Flowngn",
        "height": 260,
        "width": 340
      },
      "id": "2473c6c3-ba78-4235-a758-cbde97e5adba",
      "name": "Setup notes",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        -420,
        -60
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "rule": {
          "interval": [
            {
              "field": "cronExpression",
              "expression": "30 9 * * 1-5"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "id": "2473c6c3-ba78-4235-a758-cbde97e5adba",
      "name": "Weekdays 9:30",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "select": "channel",
        "channelId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "#standup",
          "mode": "name"
        },
        "text": "=☀️ Standup for {{ $now.toFormat('cccc d LLL') }} — reply in the thread:\n1. What did you do yesterday?\n2. What will you do today?\n3. Anything blocking you?",
        "otherOptions": {}
      },
      "id": "2473c6c3-ba78-4235-a758-cbde97e5adba",
      "name": "Post standup",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
      "typeVersion": 2.2,
      "position": [
        300,
        0
      ]
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Weekdays 9:30": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Post standup",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "pinData": {},
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": false
  },
  "tags": []
}

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