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Send parsed competitor newsletter alerts to team channel

Automatically monitor new competitor newsletter emails across Microsoft Outlook and capture the newsletter content for decision making. Create discount and promotion briefs with AI and post alerts to your Mattermost channel without manual triage, summarizing, or routing.

How this automation turns newsletters into clear promo alerts

When competitor newsletter emails arrive but are scattered across inboxes, discount changes can slip and lead to slower decisions. This automation summarizes newsletter content, extracts promotion details, and posts reports to Mattermostβ€”so your team can act immediately.

  1. 1.Detect new competitor newsletter email

    Integrate Microsoft Outlook and email filtering to fetch matching messages and map subject and HTML into newsletter content.

    Microsoft Outlookor swap with your favorite app
  2. 2.Summarize and extract promo details

    Integrate ChatGPT (OpenAI) and translation tools to summarize newsletter HTML, extract discount and duration, and format a report.

    ChatGPT (OpenAI)or swap with your favorite app
  3. 3.Post intelligence report to channel

    Integrate Mattermost and message formatting to post the report with a clear bot username and newsletter summary in the channel.

    Mattermostor swap with your favorite app

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Calendly
Okta
Zendesk
Dropbox
Asana
Allstate
Airbnb
ActiveCampaign
Lyft
Webflow
Canva
Sysco
LA Clippers
Getaround
Grammarly
HelloFresh
Lululemon
Barry's
Hopper
Casper
Hudl
Miro
The New York Times
Ruggable

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