Create Shortcut stories from new Discord messages
1 ready-made Discord and Shortcut Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. Discord can start an automation with "New message in channel", and IFTTT can then run "Add a Comment to a Story" on Shortcut.
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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.
22 triggers, queries, and actions
Epic created
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 epic is created in your Shortcut workspace.
Estimate assigned to story
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 an estimate (story points) is assigned or changed on a story.
New message in channel
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 message is posted in a channel you select.
New pinned message in channel
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 message is pinned in a channel you select.
New story created
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 story is created in your Shortcut workspace.
Owner assigned to story
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 an owner is assigned to a story in your Shortcut workspace.
Story completed
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 story is moved to a completed state in your Shortcut workspace.
Story updated
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 an existing story is updated in your Shortcut workspace.
Team assigned to story
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 team (group) is assigned to a story in your Shortcut workspace.
Find a story
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.
Search your Shortcut workspace for stories. Supports Shortcut's search operators (e.g. state:, type:, owner:, label:, epic:) in addition to plain keywords.
Get a story by ID
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.
Look up a single Shortcut story by its numeric ID and return its full details.
List Channel Invites
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 all invites to a channel.
List epics
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.
List the active (non-archived) epics in your Shortcut workspace, most recently updated first.
List iterations
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.
List the iterations (sprints) in your Shortcut workspace, most recent first.
List team members
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.
List the active members of your Shortcut workspace.
List workflows and states
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.
List the active workflows in your Shortcut workspace along with their states.
Add a Comment to a Story
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.
Adds a comment to an existing story.
Create Epic
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.
Creates a new epic in your Shortcut workspace.
Create story
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.
Creates a new story in your Shortcut workspace.
Post a message to a 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 send a message from the IFTTT Bot to the channel you specify.
Post a rich message to a 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 send a rich message from the IFTTT Bot to the channel you specify. Although most fields are optional, running the action requires content in the message body or content in at least one of the embed attributes.
Update Story State
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.
Moves a story to a different workflow state.
Add a Comment to a Story
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.
Adds a comment to an existing story.
Create Epic
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.
Creates a new epic in your Shortcut workspace.
Create story
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.
Creates a new story in your Shortcut workspace.
Epic created
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 epic is created in your Shortcut workspace.
Estimate assigned to story
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 an estimate (story points) is assigned or changed on a story.
Find a story
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.
Search your Shortcut workspace for stories. Supports Shortcut's search operators (e.g. state:, type:, owner:, label:, epic:) in addition to plain keywords.
Get a story by ID
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.
Look up a single Shortcut story by its numeric ID and return its full details.
List Channel Invites
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 all invites to a channel.
List epics
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.
List the active (non-archived) epics in your Shortcut workspace, most recently updated first.
List iterations
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.
List the iterations (sprints) in your Shortcut workspace, most recent first.
List team members
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.
List the active members of your Shortcut workspace.
List workflows and states
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.
List the active workflows in your Shortcut workspace along with their states.
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If
Select a trigger the automation will use
Epic created
Estimate assigned to story
New message in channel
New pinned message in channel
New story created
Owner assigned to story
Story completed
Story updated
Team assigned to story
Then
Select an action the automation will perform
Add a Comment to a Story
Create Epic
Create story
Post a message to a channel
Post a rich message to a channel
Update Story State
You can add delays, queries, and more actions in the next step!
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About Discord
Discord and IFTTT let you automate messages and alerts across your servers, so your community stays in sync without the manual work.
About Shortcut
Shortcut and IFTTT let you automate your project management by creating stories, updating their status, and syncing activity across your tools.