The moment it happens

Post new Recurly subscriptions to Slack

Every new subscription shows up with the account, plan and price as soon as it starts.

Runs: The moment it happens
Apps: Recurly
AI: Not needed
Access: private API key

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: when a Recurly subscription starts, post the account name, plan and price to #wins in Slack.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

When a new customer signs up for a paid plan, the whole team benefits from knowing, but Recurly only shows it to people who log in. Sales cannot congratulate the rep who closed the deal, support does not know who to expect questions from, and the founders miss the small daily proof that the business is growing.

Whenever a new subscription is created in Recurly, ClickRuntime receives the notification, fetches the subscription and posts to Slack the plan, the account and the amount. It happens within moments of signup, so the channel becomes a live feed of new customers, the plans they pick and how much they are paying each period.

It is a good choice for early-stage SaaS and membership businesses where each new customer is still worth celebrating.

What you get out of it

Wins are shared in real time
A new paid signup deserves a moment of recognition. Seeing it in a team channel reminds everyone why the work matters, and it is a cheap boost to morale. The people who built the product deserve to see who is paying for it.
Support can prepare for new users
Knowing a customer on a premium plan has just signed up lets support check that onboarding is ready. First impressions matter most in the first days of a subscription. A quick welcome email from a human can set the tone for the whole relationship.
Plan mix is visible at a glance
A feed showing which plans people choose reveals how pricing is working. If nearly everyone picks the cheapest tier, that is useful information for packaging. You will see which price points are working in practice.
Signup problems surface quickly
If the feed goes quiet after a pricing change or a deploy, something may be wrong with checkout. A gap in the stream is as informative as a flood. That may be the first sign that checkout has broken.
Sales and marketing see the results
A campaign launched this morning shows its first paying customers by lunch. Marketers get feedback while they can still adjust copy or budget. Early evidence helps decide whether to double down.

How it works

What happens, step by step

When someone starts a new Recurly subscription, Recurly tells ClickRuntime straight away.
ClickRuntime looks up the subscription to get the account name, the plan and the amount.
A message goes to your #wins Slack channel with those details.

Before it runs live

Connect Recurly
Paste your automation's link into the other app's webhook settings

What you get

RunsThe moment it happens

Post new Recurly subscriptions to Slackjust nowSucceeded

Slack · #wins🎉 Northwind Traders started *Business annual* at USD 1,800.00

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

Your own rules
Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.
Any number of apps
One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.
AI where it helps
Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.
On a schedule or on each event
Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

Act only on the items that match your own rules, and skip the rest
Add an AI step, for example to summarize, sort or draft a reply
Add another app, for example also send it to Slack
Combine it with other Recurly steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.

new_subscription_to_slack.pyexample

from clickruntime import on_event, credentials, http, notify

API = "https://v3.recurly.com"

def recurly(path):
    resp = http.get(f"{API}{path}", auth=(credentials.secret("RECURLY_API_KEY"), ""),
                    headers={"Accept": "application/vnd.recurly.v2021-02-25+json"})
    resp.raise_for_status()
    return resp.json()

@on_event
def handle(event):
    body = event.json
    if (body.get("object_type"), body.get("event_type")) != ("subscription", "created"):
        return {"posted": False}
    sub = recurly(f"/subscriptions/uuid-{body['uuid']}")
    account = sub["account"]
    name = account.get("company") or f"{account.get('first_name', '')} {account.get('last_name', '')}".strip()
    notify.slack(f"🎉 {name} started *{sub['plan']['name']}* at {sub['currency']} {sub['unit_amount']:,.2f}",
                 channel="#wins")
    return {"subscription": sub["id"]}

FAQ

Common questions

Does it announce trials or only paid subscriptions?

Recurly creates a subscription record when a trial begins, so trials can show up too. The message includes the amount, which makes the difference clear. If you want paid starts only, trial subscriptions can be left out.

Will it post renewals and upgrades?

No. It reacts to new subscriptions only. Renewals and plan changes are different Recurly events with their own notifications. If you want upgrades celebrated as well, a second alert can be added for plan changes.

Can the amount be hidden from the channel?

Yes. If revenue figures should not be visible to everyone in the workspace, the message can show only the plan and account name. Some teams do this in company-wide channels and keep the amounts in a private finance channel.

What permissions does it need?

private API key. Nothing else in your accounts is used.

Does it need AI?

No. It runs without AI, so it doesn't use your plan's AI allowance.

How many runs does it use?

One run for each event the app sends.

Can I change how it works?

Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

The moment it happens