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Automations Overview

Act. Execute. Evolve. Taskade Automations are the living motion layer of Workspace DNA, transforming static workflows into intelligent, adaptive systems that act with precision and learn from every execution.

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What is Living Motion?

Living Motion is Taskade’s automation layer. It’s how your workspace can react, decide, and execute when something happens.

Canonical foundation: Workspace DNA.

What you use it for

  • Notifications: send Slack/Teams/email alerts.
  • Routing: assign work based on content, priority, or owner.
  • Sync: keep CRMs, Sheets, and databases updated.
  • Reporting: scheduled summaries and digests.
  • Approvals: add a human-in-the-loop before publishing or sending.

Core building blocks

Triggers

Triggers start workflows. Common ones are schedules, forms, webhooks, and project events.

Actions

Actions do work. Create tasks, update fields, call webhooks, send notifications, and more.

Conditions and branching

Use branches to route different cases. Example: urgent → page someone, normal → add to queue.

AI steps

Use an agent to classify, extract, or draft. Then route or act on the structured result.

Getting started (fast)

  1. Pick one workflow you want end-to-end.
  2. Choose one trigger.
  3. Add 1–3 actions.
  4. Test with real data.
  5. Add branching and AI only if needed.

Typical workflows

  • Form submission → classify → create task → notify channel
  • Webhook → normalize data → update CRM → log result
  • Schedule → build weekly summary → send digest

Available Triggers

Project Events:

  • Task Added — when a new task is created
  • Task Completed — when a task is marked done
  • Task Assigned — when a task is assigned to someone
  • Task Due — when a task reaches its due date
  • New Comment — when a comment is added
  • New Due Date — when a due date is set
  • Custom Field Updated — when a custom field value changes
  • Project Completed — when all tasks are done
  • Public Agent Chat Ended — when a public agent conversation finishes

External Triggers:

  • Webhook — receive data from any external service via HTTP POST
  • Form — custom input forms with text, email, date, and time fields
  • Schedule — run hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly
  • Mailhook — trigger from incoming emails

Integration Triggers (from connected services):

Calendly, Slack, Typeform, Gmail, Google Sheets, Google Forms, Google Drive, Webflow, HubSpot, Discord, GitHub, YouTube, RSS, Google Calendar

36 Integration Pieces

Category Services
Communication Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp Business, Telegram Bot
Email Gmail, Mailchimp
Google Workspace Sheets, Drive, Calendar, Docs, Forms
CRM & Sales HubSpot, Apollo
E-Commerce Shopify, Stripe
Social Media X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook Pages, Reddit, YouTube
Developer GitHub, HTTP
Forms & CMS Typeform, Webflow, WordPress
Scheduling Calendly, Zoom
AI & Media Web Search, Web Scraping, YouTube Transcription, Document Extraction
Utilities Schedule, Delay, Loop, Branch, Filter

Where to go next

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