Lawcus + Slack

Send channel messages in Slack for new invoices in Lawcus

Handle your legal documentation efficiently with this workflow. Whenever a new invoice is created in Lawcus, it will trigger a message directly to your chosen Slack channel. This way, your team stays informed about billing progress without having to manually check within Lawcus. Make your law practice more streamlined with this simplified communication automation.

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New Invoice Generated
Triggered when a new invoice is issued within the system. Enables downstream billing automation, financial tracking, and client notification processes.
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Send Channel Message
Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #channel you choose.
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Invoice State Changed
Triggers when the status of an invoice is updated (e.g., from Draft to Approved or from Sent to Paid). Use this trigger to monitor billing progress and automate workflows based on invoice state.
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Lead Not Hired
Triggers when a lead is marked as “Not Hired.” Helps you track lost opportunities and kick off follow-up workflows or reporting.
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Matter Closed
Triggers when a legal matter is marked as closed. Perfect for initiating post-matter processes like archiving, invoicing, or client follow-up.
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New Company Created
Triggered when a new organization or company contact is added. Facilitates streamlined integration with business contact records and supports corporate client onboarding processes.
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New Expense
Triggers when a new expense is logged. Use this to automate expense tracking, approvals, or syncing with accounting software.
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New Invoice Generated
Triggered when a new invoice is issued within the system. Enables downstream billing automation, financial tracking, and client notification processes.
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Lead Converted to Matter
Triggered when a lead is successfully converted into an active matter. Ensures smooth transition by initiating matter-specific processes, updating records, and assigning legal resources.
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New Person Created
Triggered when a new individual contact is added to the system. Ideal for syncing personal contact details across CRMs, initiating introductory communications, or updating client profiles.
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Task Completed
Triggers when a task’s status changes to “Completed.” Use this to update progress reports, trigger follow-up tasks, or notify stakeholders.
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- Workflow IdRequired
- Matter IdRequired
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- NameRequired
- Title
- Website
- Phone
- Phone Type
- Email
- Email Type
- Street
- City
- State
- Zip/Postal Code
- Country
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- TitleRequired
- Calendar
- Matter
- Start dateRequired
- End dateRequired
- Location
- Description
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- AmountRequired
- Matter/LeadRequired
- Timekeeper
- Activity Category
- UTBMS task code
- DateRequired
- Discount
- Description
- Private Note
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- CommentRequired
- Lead idRequired
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- MatterRequired
- CommentRequired
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- NameRequired
- Description
- WorkflowRequired
- StageRequired
- Billing TypeRequired
- Rate
- Client
- Open Date
- Country
- Due Date
- Close Date
- Practice
- Number
- Location
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- Timekeeper
- Matter/LeadRequired
- DateRequired
- Description
- Rate
- Discount
- Duration
- Activity Category
- UTBMS task code
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- IdRequired
- Lead Type
- First Name
- Last Name
- Email
- Phone
- Lead Source
- Referred by
- Description
- Street
- City
- State/Province
- Zip/Postal code
- Country
- Pipeline
- Stage
- Practice Area
- Location
- Responsible Attorney
- Originating Attorney
- Members
- Tags
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- IdRequired
- Company
- First Name
- Last Name
- Title
- Website
- Email
- Email Type
- Phone Number
- Phone Type
- Street
- City
- State
- Zip/Postal Code
- Country
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- Search ContactRequired
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- NameRequired
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- EmailRequired
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- Name or EmailRequired
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- Trigger for Bot Messages?
- Optimized data
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- ChannelRequired
- Trigger for Bot Messages?
- Optimized data
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- Channel
- User Name
- Shared
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- Search QueryRequired
- Optimized data
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- Conversation ID
- Reaction
- Member ID
- Message Author ID
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- Zap Identifier
- Access type
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New User
Triggers when a new Slack user is created / first joins your org.
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- Conversation IDRequired
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- ChannelRequired
- UsersRequired
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- Allowed Delete Copy
- Conversation IDRequired
- Message TS (ID)Required
- Posted By
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- Channel NameRequired
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- Status Copy
- Approval request messageRequired
- Send message asRequired
- Approval typeRequired
- Zap Id
- Include a link to this Zap?
- Approve button URL
- Approve button label
- Add decline button
- Add details button
- Require confirmation
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- First Name
- Last Name
- Title
- Email
- Display Name
- User
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- Stop on errorRequired
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
- Query string parameters
- Additional request headers
- Body
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Get Message by Timestamp
This action retrieves a specific message from a conversation history in Slack using the message's timestamp.
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Retrieve Thread Messages
This action retrieves all the messages sent to a specific thread in a selected channel.
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Create Private Channel
This action creates a private channel in Slack.
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- Conversation IDRequired
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- Conversation IDRequired
- Message ID (ts)Required
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- Conversation IDRequired
- Message TS (ID)Required
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- EmailRequired
- Return Raw Results?
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- Full NameRequired
- Return Raw Results?
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- Workflow
- Stage
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New Communication
Triggers when a new communication is logged in the system (e.g., emails, calls, or messages). Ideal for keeping your team or CRM in sync with the latest client interactions.
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New Calendar Entry
Triggers when a new calendar event is added. Great for syncing schedules or creating reminders and alerts across platforms.
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New Flat Fee
Triggers when a new flat fee entry is created for a matter. Useful for billing automation or syncing pricing structures across tools.
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New Lead Created
Triggered when a new prospective client (lead) is added to the system. Supports immediate engagement through lead qualification workflows, outreach automation, or system-wide updates.
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New Matter Created
Triggered when a new legal matter is opened in the system. Recommended for launching matter intake procedures, assigning legal teams, or initiating workflow automation.
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New Task
Triggers when a new task is created within a matter or project. Use this to automate task notifications, assignments, or integrations with project tools.
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New Time Entry
Triggers when a new time entry is created. Helpful for syncing time logs with billing tools or tracking productivity in real-time.
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- Matter IdRequired
- Date of CommunicationRequired
- SubjectRequired
- BodyRequired
- Type of CommunicationRequired
- To (Contacts)
- To (Teammates)
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- ContactRequired
- CommentRequired
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- Timekeeper
- Matter/Lead
- DateRequired
- RateRequired
- QuantityRequired
- Discount
- Activity Category
- Public Note
- Private Note
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- First NameRequired
- Last NameRequired
- Phone
- Email
- Lead Source
- Referred by
- Street
- City
- State/Province
- Zip/Postal code
- Country
- Description
- StageRequired
- Practice Area
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- Company nameRequired
- Phone
- Email
- Lead Source
- Referred by
- Street
- City
- State/Province
- Zip/Postal code
- Country
- Description
- StageRequired
- Practice Area
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- NameRequired
- Description
- MatterRequired
- Due Date
- Assign Member
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- Company
- First NameRequired
- Last NameRequired
- Title
- Website
- Email
- Email Type
- Phone Number
- Phone Type
- Street
- City
- State
- Zip/Postal Code
- Country
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- IdRequired
- Name
- Title
- Website
- Phone
- Phone Type
- Email
- Email Type
- Street
- City
- State
- Zip/Postal Code
- Country
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- IdRequired
- Pipeline
- Stage
- Practice
- Client
- Name
- Description
- Open Date
- Due Date
- Close Date
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- idRequired
- Name
- Description
- Due Date
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- Invoice numberRequired
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- Search MatterRequired
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- WorkflowRequired
- NameRequired
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- NameRequired
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New Channel
Triggers when a new #channel is created.
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- Include Alias
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- Username
- Highlight Word
- Trigger for Bot Messages?
- Only Public Channels?
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- ChannelRequired
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- ChannelRequired
- Trigger for Bot Messages?
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New Saved Message
Triggers when you save a message.
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- TextRequired
- Remind when?Required
- Remind who?
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- Conversation IDRequired
- Scheduled AsRequired
- Scheduled Message IDRequired
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- ChannelRequired
- Add Zapier app to channel automatically?
- Message TextRequired
- Send as a bot?
- Bot Name
- Bot Icon
- Include a link to this Zap?
- Attach Image by URL
- Auto-Expand Links?
- Link Usernames and Channel Names?
- Schedule At
- File
- Thread
- Send Channel Message?
- Zap Id
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- Send Multi Message
- Message TextRequired
- Send as a bot?
- Include a link to this Zap?
- Attach Image by URL
- Auto-Expand Links?
- Link Usernames and Channel Names?
- Schedule At
- Zap Id
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- ChannelRequired
- Add Zapier app to channel automatically?
- Message TextRequired
- Send as a bot?
- Bot Name
- Bot Icon
- Include a link to this Zap?
- Attach Image by URL
- Auto-Expand Links?
- Link Usernames and Channel Names?
- Schedule At
- Zap Id
- File
- Thread
- Send Channel Message?
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- ChannelRequired
- TopicRequired
- Topic set by
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- Status Text
- Status Emoji
- Expiration Time
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Remove User from Channel
This action removes a specified user from a specified channel in Slack.
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Edit Message
This action updates a specific message sent by the same Authenticated user on Slack. You need to provide the Channel ID, the Timestamp of the message to be edited, and the new text for the message.
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Find Public Channel
This action will find a public channel in Slack using either the channel's ID or name.
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Delete Message
This action deletes an existing message in a specific channel on Slack. You need to provide the channel ID and the message timestamp as inputs.
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- Conversation IDRequired
Action
Search
- Conversation IDRequired
- Message ID (ts)Required
Action
Search
- Search QueryRequired
- Sort By
- Sort Direction
Action
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- IDRequired
- Return Raw Results?
Action
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- UsernameRequired
- Return Raw Results?
Action
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About Lawcus

Lawcus is a practice management tool that enables lawyers to organize matters and automate consistent processes to help deliver more with transparency and less effort.

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About Slack

Slack is a platform for team communication: everything in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. Offering instant messaging, document sharing and knowledge search for modern teams.

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Lawcus + Slack

Send channel messages in Slack for new invoices in Lawcus

Invoice State Changed

Lead Not Hired

Matter Closed

New Company Created

New Expense

New Invoice Generated

Lead Converted to Matter

New Person Created

Task Completed

User Activated Workflow

Create Company

Create Event

Create Flat Fee

Add Note to Lead

Add Note to Matter

Create Matter

Create Time Entry

Update Lead

Update Person Contact

Find Contact

Find Lead

Find Newest Matter by Client

Find User

New Public Message Posted Anywhere

New Message Posted to Channel

New File

New Message From Query

New Reaction Added

New Pushed Message

New User

Archive Conversation

Invite User to Channel

Delete Message

Create Channel

Request Approval

Update Profile

API Request (Beta)

Get Message by Timestamp

Retrieve Thread Messages

Create Private Channel

Get Conversation

Get Message

Get Message Reactions

Find User by Email

Find User by Name

Lead Moved to Stage

Matter Moved to Stage

New Communication

New Calendar Entry

New Flat Fee

New Lead Created

New Matter Created

New Task

New Time Entry

Create Communication

Add Note to Contact

Create Expense Entry

Create Lead (Person)

Create Lead (Company)

Add Task to Matter

Create Person

Update Company

Update Matter

Update Task

Find Invoice

Find Matter

Find Stage on a Pipeline

Find Pipeline

New Channel

New Team Custom Emoji

New Mention

New Channel Member

New Message Posted to Private Channel

New Saved Message

Add Reminder

Cancel Scheduled Message

Send Channel Message

Send Direct Message