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Post to Slack when a person joins a Customer.io segment

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How this automation works

Send a Slack message to a channel when a person joins a Customer.io segment. This Applet runs whenever someone becomes a member of the Customer.io segment you choose and posts the person's details to the Slack channel you select. Useful for marketing, product, or support teams who want real-time updates from Customer.io delivered into Slack. Note: Customize the message to fit your tone.

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a person becomes a member of a segment you choose in Customer.io.
PersonId Email SegmentName EnteredAt
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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.
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10 triggers, queries, and actions

Person entered a segment

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a person becomes a member of a segment you choose in Customer.io.

Look up a person

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a person's attributes and segment memberships from Customer.io.

Add a person to a segment

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will add a person to one of your manual segments in Customer.io.

Create or update a person

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will create a person in Customer.io, or update them if they already exist, setting the attributes you provide.

Post to channel

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.

Remove a person from a segment

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will remove a person from one of your manual segments in Customer.io.

Send a transactional message

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will send a transactional message to a person using a transactional message template you have set up in Customer.io.

Suppress a person

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will suppress a person in Customer.io so they stop receiving messages.

Track an event

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will record a custom event for a person in Customer.io, which can start or advance that person's journeys and campaigns.

Trigger a broadcast

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will trigger an API-triggered broadcast in Customer.io so it sends to its configured audience.

Add a person to a segment

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will add a person to one of your manual segments in Customer.io.

Create or update a person

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will create a person in Customer.io, or update them if they already exist, setting the attributes you provide.

Look up a person

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a person's attributes and segment memberships from Customer.io.

Person entered a segment

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a person becomes a member of a segment you choose in Customer.io.

Post to channel

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.

Remove a person from a segment

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will remove a person from one of your manual segments in Customer.io.

Send a transactional message

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will send a transactional message to a person using a transactional message template you have set up in Customer.io.

Suppress a person

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will suppress a person in Customer.io so they stop receiving messages.

Track an event

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will record a custom event for a person in Customer.io, which can start or advance that person's journeys and campaigns.

Trigger a broadcast

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will trigger an API-triggered broadcast in Customer.io so it sends to its configured audience.

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About Customer.io

Customer.io is a customer engagement platform that helps marketing and lifecycle teams turn customer data into personalized messages across email, SMS, push, in-app, and other channels. Use it on IFTTT to feed real-world activity into Customer.io, manage segments, and trigger messages. Visit customer.io.

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