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Hootsuite to Slack integrations

When you schedule a post in Hootsuite, IFTTT notifies your Slack channel right away. Your team sees what's going out to social before it goes live, so everyone stays in the loop without you playing messenger between platforms.
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1 ready-made Hootsuite and Slack Applets

Turn one on, or build your own. Hootsuite can start an automation with "New post published", and IFTTT can then run "Post to channel" on Slack.
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Ask Claude to create Hootsuite applets for scheduling posts across your social networks, right from your AI assistant, with IFTTT MCP.

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Create your own Hootsuite and Slack workflow

Create custom workflows effortlessly by selecting triggers, queries, and actions. With IFTTT, it's simple: “If this” trigger happens, “then that” action follows. Streamline tasks and save time with automated workflows that work for you.

5 triggers, queries, and actions

New post published

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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 new post is published to a social account via Hootsuite.
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New post scheduled

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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 new post is scheduled via Hootsuite.
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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.
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Schedule a text post

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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 schedules a text post for publishing on one or more social profiles. Supports emojis and hashtags.
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Schedule a text post with tags

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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 schedules a text post for publishing on one or more social profiles and tags it in Hootsuite. Supports emojis and hashtags.
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New post published

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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 new post is published to a social account via Hootsuite.
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New post scheduled

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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 new post is scheduled via Hootsuite.
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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.
View details Try it

Schedule a text post

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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 schedules a text post for publishing on one or more social profiles. Supports emojis and hashtags.
View details Try it

Schedule a text post with tags

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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 schedules a text post for publishing on one or more social profiles and tags it in Hootsuite. Supports emojis and hashtags.
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Build an automation in seconds!

If
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New post published
Select a trigger the automation will use
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New post published
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New post scheduled
Then
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Post to channel
Select an action the automation will perform
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Post to channel
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Schedule a text post
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Schedule a text post with tags

You can add delays, queries, and more actions in the next step!

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Connect IFTTT to your Hootsuite account

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Finalize and customize your Applet

Review trigger and action settings, and click connect. Simple as that!
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