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# Save Slack Messages as Content Ideas
- URL: https://tinkeringwithideas.io/slack-messages-content-ideas/
- Published: 2025-04-23T15:15:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-13T10:15:30.000Z
- Description: Don't let your good comments go to waste!
- Author: Anna Burgess Yang
- Tags: Workflows, Slack

I'm in a *lot* of Slack communities. They're a great way to network with other people — potential clients, fellow freelancers, and industry groups.

I check these Slack communities often, and contribute when I can. Sometimes when I leave a comment, I think, "Hmmm... I could turn that into a future social post."

With this automation, select Slack messages are automatically saved to my content planning tool (Trello).

![Screenshot of the Zapier automation showing Slack to Trello, with the Tinkering With Ideas logo](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/tinkering-with-ideas-zapier-image-2.png)

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If you're not familiar with setting up automation in Zapier, start with [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpoGs5--y6o&ref=tinkeringwithideas.io).

## Step 1: Set up an automation based on saved Slack messages

The easiset way to make this work is to set up an automation based on saving a message in Slack.

In [Zapier](https://try.zapier.com/annabyang?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io) *\[affiliate link\]*, you app will be Slack and your trigger event will be **New Saved Message.**

![Screenshot showing a Zap based on a saved message in Slack](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/save-slack-messages-as-content---Step-1.png)

This *won't* work if you're using saved Slack messages in another way — like as a reminder to yourself to go back and look at a message later. 

If that's the case for you, you can also use a trigger event called **New Pushed Message**. If you use this, in your Slack actions you'll see an option to "Push to Zapier." However, this can run into permissions issues depending on your workspace.

## Step 2: Add a card to your content planning tool

Next, you'll add a new item to your content planning tool that includes the Slack message.

I use Trello, so my Zapier action step is **Create Card**, but this will depend on what you use for content planning.

![Zapier action step of Create Card in Trello](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/save-slack-messages-as-content---Step-2.png)

In my Trello, I have a specific list called "Incoming." This is where I store ideas until I decide what I want to do with them. 

For example, I might use the saved Slack message as a social post. Or maybe I decide to expand on it a lot and turn it into a full-blown blog post. I'll move it from my Incoming list to another list once I've decided.

I add a card **Name** of "Saved Slack Message." 

In the **Description** field, you'll add the text of the Slack message from Step 1\. 

![Screenshot of Trello setup in Zapier](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/save-slack-messages-as-content---Step-3.png)

That's it! Every time you save a Slack message, it will be added to your content planning tool.

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****Note:** If you're in multiple Slack communities (like me), you'll need to set up this automation for ****each** Slack group, since it is specific to the Slack Workspace. 

## Additional resources:

- If you're new to automation, check out this [Getting Started](https://products.annabyang.com/l/automation-guide?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io) guide.
- [This blog post](https://products.annabyang.com/l/automation-guide?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io) has more ways to capture content ideas.
- My thoughts on [AI use cases](https://www.workbetter.media/p/ai-disconnect?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io).

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*I created the screenshots in this tutorial using Scribe – it's one of my favorite tools. You can check out Scribe* [*here*](https://get.scribehow.com/lp-1/?via=anna-burgess-yang&ref=tinkeringwithideas.io) *\[affiliate link\].*

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