Recipe No. 45 · Operations
Time tracking reminder for team
Remind team members in Slack on Friday to complete timesheets.
- Plan needed
- Zapier: Free covers 2-step Zaps (100 tasks/mo, checks every 15 min); multi-step Zaps need Professional (from $19.99/mo billed annually, $29.99 monthly, per zapier.com/pricing). Check your plan.
- Est. SMS cost
- No SMS needed
- TriggerTrigger
- Step 2Slack 'Send Channel Message' to #team with…
- Step 3Upgrade
- Step 4Slack's own /remind command also works for…
- Step 5Test with dummy data, then turn it on and…
Ingredients
- Slack
- Zapier (Schedule)
Editor-reviewedLast checked 2026-10-16v1.0.0 · Free
Steps reviewed against current tool UIs by the editor; not yet run end-to-end in a live account. Time saved is an estimate; results vary. Costs from Axis Consulting and Twilio pricing; check current pricing.
Method
- Trigger: Schedule by Zapier, weekly Friday 15:00.
- Slack 'Send Channel Message' to #team with your timesheet link.
- Upgrade: Toggl/Harvest 'Find' steps to only remind people with < N hours (if your plan exposes it).
- Slack's own /remind command also works for a simple version.
- Test with dummy data, then turn it on and review results for the first week.