Your team shares important updates in Slack every day—project notes, client requests, and internal decisions. Without a way to track them, those messages often get lost in busy threads. This automation helps by letting you sync Slack messages automatically to Google Sheets the moment they’re posted.
It captures each new message in a specific channel and adds the content and sender’s name to a spreadsheet. You’ll have a live record of your team’s conversations, organized by row and ready to use.
This saves time, reduces manual work, and keeps your data structured. No more searching Slack or copying messages by hand—just clean, automatic logging.
🧩 Essentials #
💬 Slack Account
Capture messages from your selected Slack channel.
📈 Google Sheets Account
Store Slack messages in real time with organized rows.
🤖 Workload Account
Build, run, and manage your automation—no code needed.
🛠️ Make It Yours #
📎 Add filters
Log messages from key users or with matching keywords.
📅 Add timestamps
Attach date and time to each captured message.
🔧 Use AI Formatter
Clean, extract, or tag content before logging.
⚙️ How to Sync Slack Messages Automatically to Google Sheets #
Step 1: Set up your workflow #
Click New Automation in Workload Dashboard
Give your automation a name like “Slack to Sheets”
Step 2: Add your Slack trigger #
Select the trigger app: Slack
Choose the event: New Message Posted to Channel
Click Sign in to connect your Slack account. For help, follow the step-by-step guide on how to connect Google Sheets to Workload. Once connected, click Continue.
Select a Slack channel to monitor for new messages, then click Continue
Click Test Trigger to pull sample data from Slack
Once you get a successful response, click Continue
Step 3: Add your Google Sheets action #
Select Google Sheets as the action app
Choose the event Create Spreadsheet Row
Click Sign in to connect your Google account. For help, follow the step-by-step guide. Once connected, click Continue.
Choose the destination Spreadsheet and Worksheet where the Slack messages should be logged
Use the + Add To button to start mapping Slack data to your Google Sheet. The column names match your spreadsheet. Choose fields like message text, sender, channel, or timestamp from the Slack trigger. Click + Add To for more fields, then hit Continue when done.
Step 4: Test and Activate #
Click Test Action
Review the successful results and then click Continue
Make sure each step shows a green light and the new row appears in your sheet. Then, toggle the workflow On.
⚡ Power-Up: Make It Part of a Bigger Automation #
🔔 Send alerts when messages are logged
Notify your team via Slack or email when certain messages are saved to Sheets.
📬 Add message data to a CRM
Push details from Google Sheets to Airtable, HubSpot, or Salesforce.
🧹 Clean up messages automatically
Use filters or AI tools in Workload to remove noise or flag important content.
📈 Trigger dashboards or reports
Automatically update reports or charts based on new Sheet rows.
