Priority Shifts Happen Instantly: Slack Gets the Alert
A task just jumped to Urgent in ClickUp. Slack sees it. Your team rebalances their day without asking 'Wait, what's urgent this week?' Context-switching ends.
Trigger
Task Priority Updated
Triggers when a task's priority changes. `changes[]` carries `PriorityChange` entries only.
Action
Post message to channel
Deprecated: posts a message to a slack channel, direct message, or private channel. use `send message` instead.
Why this helps
Priorities change but the team doesn't know until they happen to refresh ClickUp or you manually ping them. Work that should be urgent gets treated as background noise.
- Urgent work is visible the moment it becomes urgent
- Team rebalances focus without lag
- Prevent low-priority work blocking high-priority work
- Catch priority conflicts (multiple urgent tasks) early
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect ClickUp and Slack to Notis via the portal
- 2Create an automation: 'When a task priority changes in ClickUp, alert the team in Slack'
- 3Choose a channel for priority alerts (could be #urgent, #project-updates, or a team channel)
- 4Select 'Task Priority Updated' as the trigger
- 5Change a task priority to Urgent in ClickUp and see the alert in Slack
Questions about this workflow
Should we alert for every priority change?
You can filter to urgent changes only, or include all changes. Urgent-only reduces noise; all changes give total transparency.
Can we alert specific people based on priority?
Yes. Your prompt can specify: 'If Urgent, remind @assignee. If High, post to #project-updates.'
How do we know who to ping?
Notis includes the assignee(s) and project owner in the alert, so responsibility is clear.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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Clickup triggers
Slack actions
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Folder Created
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Folder Deleted
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Add a remote file
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Folder Updated
Triggers when a Folder is updated (renamed, content edited, etc.).
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
List Created
Triggers when a new List is created.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
List Deleted
Triggers when a List is deleted.
Add emoji
Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.
List Updated
Triggers when a List is updated (renamed, content edited, etc.).
Add reaction to message
Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.
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