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Airtable Project Status Reporter

Pull tasks from your Airtable project tracker, summarize progress, flag blockers, and post it to Slack. Skip the status meeting.

Works with:AirtableAirtableSlackSlack

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Setup time

~5 min

Time saved

30 min/update

Difficulty

Easy

Tools

2 connected

How it works

1

Read Schema

Discover table structure and field types automatically

2

Pull Tasks

Search and filter records from your project table

3

Analyze Progress

Group by status, calculate completion, flag blockers

4

Post to Slack

Send a formatted status update to your team channel

Try asking

Post a status update for the Product Roadmap base to #team-updates
What is the completion rate on the Q1 Launch table? Post it to #engineering
Summarize blocked items in my Sprint Board and send to #standup

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The Prompt

Task

Read project tasks from an Airtable base, summarize progress by status, flag blockers, and post a formatted update to a Slack channel.

Input

The user provides:

  • Airtable base ID (or base name to look up)
  • Table name containing tasks/projects
  • Slack channel to post the update to
  • Optional: filter (e.g., "only the Q1 Launch project", "tasks assigned to the engineering team")

Example: "Give me a status update on everything in my 'Product Roadmap' table and post it to #team-updates"

Context

How to Build the Report

  1. Use @Airtable/Get Base SchemaName it "Airtable/Get Base Schema" and call it with @Airtable/Get Base Schema to understand the table structure (field names, types)
  2. Use @Airtable/Search RecordsName it "Airtable/Search Records" and call it with @Airtable/Search Records to pull all tasks, optionally filtered
  3. Group tasks by status (e.g., Not Started, In Progress, Done, Blocked)
  4. Calculate completion percentage and identify overdue items
  5. Use @Slack/Send MessageName it "Slack/Send Message" and call it with @Slack/Send Message to post a formatted summary

What to Include

  • Total tasks and completion rate
  • Breakdown by status (count per status)
  • Blocked or overdue items (call these out explicitly)
  • Recently completed items (last 7 days if dates are available)
  • Next up: items marked as high priority that haven't started

Slack Message Format

Use Slack markdown:

  • Bold headers with text
  • Bullet lists for task names
  • Use emoji for status: ✅ Done, 🔄 In Progress, 🚫 Blocked, ⏳ Not Started

Output

A Slack message posted to the specified channel with:

  • Project name and date
  • Status breakdown with counts
  • Blocked items highlighted
  • Completion percentage

Also show the user a preview of the message before posting.

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