The moment it happens

Hear in Slack when a document is fully signed

The moment the last signer finishes, Slack shows the document title and who signed.

Runs: The moment it happens
Apps: Dropbox Sign
AI: Not needed
Access: API key (paid API plan for live)

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: when a Dropbox Sign request is signed by everyone, post the document title and the signers' names to #contracts 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 customer or new hire signs a document in Dropbox Sign, the next step depends on someone noticing. A landlord needs to hand over keys, a recruiter needs to start background checks, a salesperson needs to send the invoice and a project manager needs to schedule kickoff. Dropbox Sign emails only the sender, who may be in a meeting or away, so everyone else waits without knowing the work is ready to begin.

When a document is signed, Dropbox Sign calls the automation and a Slack message appears with the document title and the names of the signers. The post goes to the channel where the follow-up team already works, so the right people can act immediately.

Sales, HR, property and services teams that begin work as soon as paperwork is signed will benefit most.

What you get out of it

The next step starts at once
A message in the team channel means onboarding, invoicing or scheduling begins within minutes. The delay between signature and action is where new customers and employees start to feel ignored.
No relying on one inbox
The sender's email is not the only place the news arrives. If they are away on holiday or in meetings all day, someone else sees the post and picks up the follow-up task without being asked.
Celebrate and track wins
A signed contract is a milestone worth seeing. The channel gives the team a small boost and a running list of what was closed this week, which makes weekly reviews quicker to prepare.
Everyone sees the same status
Finance, legal and operations all see signatures at the same moment. That removes the need for people to ask the sender whether a document has come back, and avoids conflicting answers.
A quick reference for later
Searching Slack for a client name shows when their document was signed. That saves digging through Dropbox Sign when someone asks, and gives a quick answer during a call with the customer.

How it works

What happens, step by step

When the last signer finishes a Dropbox Sign request, Dropbox Sign tells ClickRuntime straight away.
ClickRuntime ignores every other kind of update, such as views or partial signatures.
It posts to #contracts in Slack with the document title and the names of everyone who signed.

Before it runs live

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

What you get

RunsThe moment it happens

Hear in Slack when a document is fully signedjust nowSucceeded

Slack · #contractsFully signed: Northwind services agreement Signers: Dana Reyes, Sam Lee

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 Dropbox Sign 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.

signed_alert.pyexample

import json
from clickruntime import on_event, notify

@on_event
def handle(event):
    data = event.json or {}
    payload = json.loads(data["json"]) if isinstance(data.get("json"), str) else data
    if payload["event"]["event_type"] != "signature_request_all_signed":
        return {"posted": False}
    req = payload["signature_request"]
    signers = ", ".join(s["signer_name"] for s in req.get("signatures", []))
    notify.slack(f"Fully signed: {req['title']}\nSigners: {signers}", channel="#contracts")
    return {"posted": True}

FAQ

Common questions

Does it post when only one of several signers has signed?

It posts when the callback event arrives, and Dropbox Sign sends one for each signer and one when all have signed. Tell your AI assistant to post only when everyone has finished if you prefer a single message per document.

Will the signed document be attached?

The message includes the title and signer names, not the file itself. Signed copies stay in Dropbox Sign, and a link to the document can be added to the post if you want one-click access for the team.

How do I set up the callback in Dropbox Sign?

You add an event callback URL in the API settings of your Dropbox Sign account and paste the ClickRuntime webhook address. Dropbox Sign then sends events to it as documents are signed, after a short verification step the first time.

What permissions does it need?

API key (paid API plan for live). 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