Schedule Integrations

There are tasks we need to complete every day, but sometimes we just need a reminder of those tasks. How can we set that up? With a little help from Zapier that scheduled task can show up in the Slack channel of your choice at the same time every day.

How It Works

1. Zapier schedule is set to daily and at a specific time
2. A message is then sent to Slack

What You Need

• Slack account

There are tasks we need to complete every day, but sometimes we just need a reminder of those tasks. How can we set that up? With a little help from Zapier that scheduled task can get sent to you by text message at the same time every day.

How It Works

1. Zapier schedule is set to daily and at a specific time
2. A message is then sent to you by SMS

What You Need

• Cell phone with SMS

If you want to check a URL daily, Zapier can do that for you. Once you enable this automation, Zapier will perform a GET request to retrieve information from its source URL every day at the time you set.

How It Works

1. Set the time of day to check the URL
2. Zapier retrieves the URL every day

What You Need

• webhook

Some tasks need to be completed weekly, but we might just need a gentle reminder. Spending most of our days in Slack communicating with our team, it's a great place to get those task reminders. A little help from Zapier can get that scheduled task in the Slack channel of your choice at the same time weekly.

How It Works

1. You set the day and time you'd like the reminder sent
2. Zapier sends a message to Slack weekly

What You Need

• Slack account

Use Zapier to automatically send weekly messages, reminders, tasks, or even document updates via Gmail. With this integration, you choose a weekly schedule and a Gmail message, and Zapier will then send that email weekly on the day and time that you select.

There are many uses for this integration. You could include a public URL in the email referencing a file or link to automatically distribute dynamic content to your recipients. You could also format a template email and a reply address that could capture return data automatically with an associated Zapier Parser zap. Any weekly task you need to complete with email, this Zapier integration can help you do with less work.

How It Works

1. Pick a day and time each week that you want to generate the Gmail message.
2. Zapier sends that Gmail message automatically on that day every week.

What You Need

• A Gmail account

Every month there's some task that needs to be taken care of. Rent needs to be paid. A report needs to be sent to someone. A meeting happens with your boss. Ever forget to set those tasks in your to-do app? Let Zapier handle that for you, and you'll never need to worry about setting those tasks yourself again.

How It Works

1. You set a day of the month in Zapier
2. A new task is created in MeisterTask

What You Need

• MeisterTask account

We all have it, that one task we need to do every single day without fail. Are you creating that task in your to-do app by hand? Stop doing that, and let Zapier create that task for you automatically every day at the same time.

How It Works

1. You set a schedule for a recurring task
2. Zapier creates a task in MeisterTask

What You Need

• MeisterTask account

Maybe you have a team that you need to send a weekly email to, or you want to remind yourself of something every week by email. This Gmail integration with the Zapier scheduling tool makes it easy to send yourself, or anyone else, a weekly reminder email with any content that you want.

How It Works

1. It reaches the day and time of the week that you choose
2. Zapier sends an email from Gmail with the content you want

What You Need

• Gmail account

Starting the day with a little fun can help set the tone for your work. Automatically greet your team as work begins by setting up this integration. It will trigger every day at the predefined time, searching for a random "Good Morning" GIF on GIPHY and posting it to your #general channel on Slack so the team can start their day with a smile.

Note: This Zap is set to trigger every day at 8 am by default, but this is customizable

How this Slack-GIPHY integration works

1. A new day passes
2. Zapier searches for a random "Good morning" GIF on GIPHY, and posts it to #general

Apps involved

• Slack
• GIPHY

If the app you're working with can receive HTTP POST requests, Zapier can create and send those requests on a daily schedule. With this integration, you choose a daily schedule and a POST URL, and Zapier will then send that request at the time that you pick.

This integration can be customised to your app by specifying any header values or providing data in key-value pairs.

How It Works

1. Pick a time each day that you want to generate a POST request.
2. Zapier generates and sends that POST request at that time every day.

What You Need

• A webhook capable app to receive a POST request

Use Zapier to automatically send monthly messages, reminders, tasks, or updates via Gmail. With this integration, you pick a monthly schedule and write a Gmail message, and Zapier will then send that email monthly on the day and time that you nominate. That way, you can have Zapier automatically remind you of important tasks you should complete right in your email inbox—or, you could have it send out an update email at the end of the month without any extra work.

How It Works

1. Pick a day and time each month that you want to generate the Gmail message.
2. Zapier sends that Gmail message automatically on that day every month.

What You Need

• A Gmail account

If you use Evernote for recording daily notes, then use Zapier to schedule creating notes—or note outlines—automatically rather than setting them up manually every day. That way, you can automatically have a new note waiting for you to add info to in Evernote each day when you start your work.

With this integration, you can choose a daily schedule, and Zapier will create a new note in Evernote at the time you select.

How It Works

1. Pick a time each day when you want to add a note.
2. Zapier creates a note in an Evernote notebook on that time each day.

What You Need

• An Evernote account

Regular messaging builds engagement and loyalty, but you don't have to send all of those yourself. Let Zapier and OneSignal make sure you remind everyone of those scheduled events with this automation! After you've set it up, Zapier will send out your message every week at the time you indicate, never missing a beat even when you're busy with other work.

Note: This integration will trigger every Monday at 10 am by default, but can be customized. This follows the time zone set for your Zapier account here

How It Works

1. A new week goes by
2. Zapier sends out a OneSignal push notification

What You Need

• A scheduled event
• A OneSignal account and the OneSignal SDK successfully set up on your site or app

Need a daily reminder to complete important tasks, or a way to ask your team each day about how their work is going? With this integration, you pick a daily schedule and write an email message, then Zapier will send that email daily at the time that you pick. There's so many ways you can use this integration—if you have any emails you need to send daily, you can automate them with this integration.

How It Works

1. Pick a time each day that you want to generate the Zapier email.
2. Zapier sends that email automatically at that time each day.

What You Need

• An email address

Certain tasks happen every month, like sorting out payroll, or reviews. Make sure you never miss a single one by having Zapier keep you on track with each one. This integration, once active, will trigger monthly at the chosen time and date, creating your templated Pipefy card with the details you need to follow up with those regular chores.

How this scheduled Pipefy integration works

1. A new month goes by
2. Zapier creates a new card on the selected pipe in Pipefy at the same time every month

Apps involved

• Pipefy

Make sure you never lose anything on your Digital Ocean Droplets by automatically backing them up. Instead of having to login to your dashboard and create a snapshot manually, Zapier can do it automatically for you on a schedule.

How it Works

With this automation, you'll pick the day of the week and time you want to backup your Digital Ocean Droplet, and select the Droplet you want backed up. And then, you'll never have to worry about running a backup again.

Then, if you'd rather backup daily or monthly, you can login to your Zapier dashboard and customize the backup schedule as you want.

What You Need:

1. A Digital Ocean Droplet
2. A Zapier account

Got that? Then let's get started.

Have a list of to-dos that need to be accomplished every month? Use this Zap to automatically create to-do lists in Basecamp 3 at a certain time every month. That way, you don't have to worry about creating the list yourself. Instead, you can focus dividing up the to-dos and executing on them!

How this Schedule by Zapier-Basecamp 3 integration works

1. A certain day of the month occurs
2. Zapier creates a to-do list in Basecamp 3

Apps involved

• Basecamp 3
• Zapier

How often do we lose time at work to various distractions? Scheduling time in your day to block out all distractions, and sticking to a routine can help you be far more productive. RescueTime is here to help!

How It Works

1. You schedule a daily event via Zapier
2. A FocusTime session automatically begins in RescueTime

What You Need

• RescueTime account

Maybe you have a team that you need to send a monthly reminder email to, or you want to remind yourself of something every month by email. This integration with the Zapier scheduling and email tools makes it easy to send yourself, or anyone else, a monthly reminder email with any content that you want.

How It Works

1. It reaches the day and time of the month that you choose
2. Zapier sends an email with the content you want

What You Need

• Nothing! Just an email address to send to

Keep yourself on track with tasks that repeat every day. Use this Zap to automatically create daily tasks for yourself at the same time each day. Now, your task list won't be cluttered with recurring tasks for tomorrow, but rather will only contain tasks that need to be taken care of immediately.

How this Schedule by Zapier-Todoist integration works

1. You specify a time of day to trigger the Zap
2. Zapier creates a Todoist task at that time each day

Apps involved

• Schedule by Zapier
• Todoist