The moment it happens

Post new Jotform entries to Slack

Your team sees the key details of each submission in their channel as soon as it comes in.

Runs: The moment it happens
Apps: Jotform
AI: Not needed
Access: Full Access

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: when my Jotform "Event Registration" form gets a new submission, post the attendee's name, email and ticket type to #events 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

A wedding photographer gets a Jotform inquiry on Saturday night, the studio manager checks the form inbox on Monday, and by then the couple has already booked someone else. The same thing happens to agencies with project briefs, schools with enrollment forms and clinics with intake requests. The entries pile up in a place nobody watches, and every hour of delay lowers the odds of a reply.

Each time someone submits one of your Jotform forms, the entry arrives in ClickRuntime the moment Jotform sends it. A short summary of the answers that matter, such as name, email, the request itself and the date, is posted to the Slack channel you choose, so the person who owns the follow-up sees it in the tool they already have open.

It suits small teams where one shared channel doubles as the front desk, and it works the same for a lead form, an order form or an event signup.

What you get out of it

Replies go out while interest is warm
A prospect who filled in a quote request at lunch is far more likely to answer a reply sent within the hour than one sent two days later. Seeing the entry in Slack turns a missed opportunity into a same-day conversation.
No one has to babysit the form inbox
Checking Jotform several times a day is a chore that gets skipped on busy days. The post in Slack removes that duty, so the check happens on its own and nobody carries the worry that something sat unread.
The whole team sees the same entry
When an entry lands in a channel, a colleague can reply in the thread that they are taking it. That stops two people answering the same customer and stops everyone assuming someone else did.
A searchable trail of what came in
Slack keeps every post, so you can later search the channel for a customer name or a phrase from their request. That is faster than opening each submission in Jotform to find one conversation.
Fewer hand-offs to the right person
Because the key answers are in the message, whoever reads it can tell at a glance whether it is sales, support or spam and tag the right colleague, instead of forwarding screenshots around.

How it works

What happens, step by step

When someone submits your Jotform form, the entry reaches ClickRuntime straight away.
It picks out the key details, such as the person's name, email and the option they chose.
A short message with those details is posted to your Slack channel.

Before it runs live

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

What you get

RunsThe moment it happens

Post new Jotform entries to Slackjust nowSucceeded

Slack · #eventsNew registration: Sam Ortiz (sam@northwind.example) · Early bird

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 Jotform 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.

slack_alert_for_new_submissions.pyexample

from clickruntime import on_event, credentials, http, notify

@on_event
def handle(event):
    sub_id = (event.json or {}).get("submissionID")
    sub = http.get(f"https://api.jotform.com/submission/{sub_id}",
                   headers={"APIKEY": credentials.secret("JOTFORM_API_KEY")}).json()["content"]
    by_label = {a.get("text", "").lower(): a.get("prettyFormat") or a.get("answer")
                for a in sub["answers"].values()}
    notify.slack(f"New registration: {by_label.get('name')} ({by_label.get('email')})"
                 f" · {by_label.get('ticket type', 'no ticket type')}", channel="#events")
    return {"submission": sub_id}

FAQ

Common questions

Which Jotform fields end up in the Slack message?

The summary picks out the answers that identify the request, usually the name, email, a message or choice field and the submission time. Long free-text answers are shortened. If a field matters to you, such as a budget or a service type, you can ask for it to be included.

Does it work if I have several Jotform forms?

Yes. The automation reacts to submissions from the form it is connected to, and you can connect more than one form so entries from each arrive in the same channel or in different ones. Mentioning the form name in the post keeps them apart.

Do I need a paid Jotform plan for this?

The automation relies on Jotform sending a webhook when a form is submitted, and webhooks are available on Jotform accounts generally. Submission limits depend on your Jotform plan, so a form that has hit its monthly cap will not produce new entries to post.

What permissions does it need?

Full Access. 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