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Every 6 hours

Collect new job listings in Airtable and post them to Telegram

New remote job listings are saved to Airtable every few hours, and only the new ones are posted to your Telegram channel.

Runs
Every 6 hours
Apps
Airtable, Telegram
AI
Not needed
Access
Airtable read+write; bot token (admin of channel)

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Create a ClickRuntime automation: every 6 hours, fetch remote developer jobs from RemoteOK, add any new ones to my Airtable 'Jobs' table, and post each new one to my Telegram channel.

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

Someone running a small Telegram channel for remote developers wants to share fresh openings a few times a day. Checking job boards by hand is tedious, and posting the same listing twice annoys subscribers. They also want a record of everything posted so they can look back at which companies hire most.

Saving each new listing in Airtable and posting only the ones not seen before keeps the channel fresh and free of repeats, and the table builds into a searchable archive of what was shared.

What you get out of it

  • Fresh posts without the checking

    New listings reach your channel every six hours without anyone visiting the board.

  • No repeats

    Each listing's id is checked against Airtable before it is posted, so subscribers never see the same job twice.

  • An archive that builds itself

    Every listing posted is kept in Airtable with company, title, tags and link.

  • Filter what gets shared

    Limit posts to a tag, such as python or design, so the channel stays on topic.

How it works

What happens, step by step

  1. Every 6 hours, ClickRuntime fetches the latest listings from the job board.

  2. It keeps only listings that match your tag.

  3. Each listing is checked against your Airtable Jobs table, and ones already there are skipped.

  4. New listings are added to Airtable and posted to your Telegram channel.

Before it runs live

  • Connect Airtable
  • Connect Telegram

What you get

RunsEvery 6 hours
Collect new job listings in Airtable and post them to Telegramtoday, 9:00Succeeded
Telegram · Remote dev jobsSenior Backend Engineer at Tailspin Analytics remoteok.com/remote-jobs/123456

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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

  • Run it at a different time, more or less often, or only on weekdays
  • 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 Airtable and Telegram 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.
scrape_listings_into_airtable_and_broadcast_new_ones.pyexample
from clickruntime import on_trigger, credentials, http

BASE_ID, CHANNEL, TAG = "appXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "@remote_dev_jobs", "dev"

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    jobs = [j for j in http.get("https://remoteok.com/api", headers={"User-Agent": "clickruntime"}).json()[1:]
            if TAG in (j.get("tags") or [])][:50]
    api = f"https://api.airtable.com/v0/{BASE_ID}/Jobs"
    headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {credentials.connection('airtable', 'work')}"}
    tg = f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{credentials.secret('TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN')}/sendMessage"
    posted = 0
    for j in jobs:
        if posted >= 15:
            break
        found = http.get(api, headers=headers, params={"filterByFormula": f"{{Job ID}}='{j['id']}'", "maxRecords": 1}).json()["records"]
        if found:
            continue
        http.post(api, headers=headers, json={"typecast": True, "records": [{"fields": {"Job ID": str(j["id"]),
                  "Company": j.get("company"), "Title": j.get("position"), "Tags": ", ".join(j.get("tags") or []),
                  "Link": j.get("url")}}]}).raise_for_status()
        http.post(tg, json={"chat_id": CHANNEL, "text": f"{j.get('position')} at {j.get('company')}\n{j.get('url')}"})
        posted += 1
    return {"posted": posted}

FAQ

Common questions

Can it use a different job board?
Yes, any board with a public feed or JSON listing. RemoteOK is the example because it offers a free public feed; follow each board's terms on reuse.
How many posts will the channel get?
Up to 15 per run by default, so a busy day does not flood subscribers. Change the cap in the script.
Does the bot need to be in the channel?
Yes. Add the bot to your channel as an admin with permission to post, and use the channel's @name as the chat id.
What permissions does it need?
Airtable read+write; bot token (admin of channel). 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 each time it runs (every 6 hours). Checks that find nothing to do and stop right away aren't counted.
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.

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