# Automated Slack Status Update: n8n workflow template

> Started by a clock, and works across Slack. 3 steps: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-slack-status-update (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Alerts and monitoring](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Alerts+and+monitoring#library)

# Automated Slack Status Update

Started by a clock, and works across Slack. 3 steps: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Small

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomated-slack-status-update)

**3 steps** Small: readable in one sitting

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 1 Service 1

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Map Time to Status & Emoji** Code *Logic*
- 3 **Update Slack Status** Slack *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 3
- **Size:** Small: readable in one sitting
- **Connects to:** Slack
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Slack account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Not long. At 3 steps it can be read in one sitting and changed without fear.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 3 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomated-slack-status-update)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

## Workflows like it

Also alerts and monitoring, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

- [**Automate a Tally form: store with Airtable and Slack** 3 steps · Airtable, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-a-tally-form-store-with-airtable-and-slack)
- [**Daily task reminder system: Airtable to Slack notifications** 3 steps · Airtable, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/daily-task-reminder-system-airtable-to-slack-notifications)
- [**Notify Slack and Microsoft Teams about new Gmail messages** 3 steps · Gmail, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/notify-slack-and-microsoft-teams-about-new-gmail-messages)
- [**Report n8n workflow errors to Slack** 3 steps · Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/report-n8n-workflow-errors-to-slack)
- [**Workflow Error notification on Slack** 3 steps · Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/workflow-error-notification-on-slack)
- [**Workflow error logger & Slack notifier with Google Sheets** 3 steps · Google Sheets, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/workflow-error-logger-and-slack-notifier-with-google-sheets)