Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Manage WhatsApp chats centrally on Slack

Started by an incoming WhatsApp message, and works across Slack and WhatsApp. 18 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

18 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 3Service 13

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

  1. 1WhatsApp TriggerWhats App triggerStarts it
  2. 2Slack TriggerSlack triggerStarts it
  3. 3Create ChannelSlackService
  4. 4Get Channel by IDSlackService
  5. 5get All ChannelsSlackService
  6. 6Checking Message TypeSwitchLogic
  7. 7Filter Channel by NameFilterLogic
  8. 8Get Media URLSlackService
  9. 9Send MessageWhats AppService
  10. 10Message TypeSwitchLogic
  11. 11Download MediaHttp RequestService
  12. 12Send Message in ChannelSlackService
  13. 13get audio URLWhats AppService
  14. 14get image URLWhats AppService
  15. 15get document URLWhats AppService
  16. 16Send Message1Whats AppService
  17. 17download mediaHttp RequestService
  18. 18upload mediaSlackService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming WhatsApp message
Steps
18, with 2 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Slack, WhatsApp
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an incoming WhatsApp message.

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?

Plan an afternoon. 18 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

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 18 steps before you point it at anything that matters.