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Big Think to Notifications integrations

When Big Think publishes a new episode, IFTTT sends you a notification on your phone. Stay in the loop on fresh lessons from the world's top experts without having to check back constantly.
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2 ready-made Big Think and Notifications Applets

Turn one on, or build your own. Big Think can start an automation with "New Episode", and IFTTT can then run "Send a notification from the IFTTT app" on Notifications.
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Automate Big Think and Notifications from your AI assistant

Ask ChatGPT to create Big Think applets with IFTTT MCP and get notified when new episodes drop.

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Create your own Big Think and Notifications 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.

4 triggers, queries, and actions

New Episode

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 there is a new episode available for the "Big Think" YouTube channel
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Send a notification from the IFTTT app

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 notification to your devices from the IFTTT app.
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Send a rich notification from the IFTTT app

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 rich notification to your devices from the IFTTT app. Rich notifications may include a title, image, and link that opens in a browser or installed app.
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Send a rich notification to the IFTTT mobile widget

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 rich notification to IFTTT mobile widget installed on your devices. Rich notifications may include a title, image, and link that opens in a browser or installed app.
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New Episode

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 there is a new episode available for the "Big Think" YouTube channel
View details Try it

Send a notification from the IFTTT app

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 notification to your devices from the IFTTT app.
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Send a rich notification from the IFTTT app

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 rich notification to your devices from the IFTTT app. Rich notifications may include a title, image, and link that opens in a browser or installed app.
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Send a rich notification to the IFTTT mobile widget

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 rich notification to IFTTT mobile widget installed on your devices. Rich notifications may include a title, image, and link that opens in a browser or installed app.
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Build an automation in seconds!

If
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New Episode
Select a trigger the automation will use
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New Episode
Then
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Send a notification from the IFTTT app
Select an action the automation will perform
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Send a notification from the IFTTT app
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Send a rich notification from the IFTTT app
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Send a rich notification to the IFTTT mobile widget

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

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Big Think and IFTTT let you catch new episodes from the world's top thinkers and build automations around them.
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