We are using Trello as our bug tracker at my workplace. I want it to be easy to add new issues from Slack.
The ideal: User types in Slack: /bug [bug title]
or /trello bug [bug title]
and a new card is created at the end of list "Bugs" on our product board.
The Trello App for Slack does not appear to be able to do this.
2 Problems:
- Our list "Bugs" is NOT the first list on the board. By default, the app's "create new card" command adds cards to the first list on a board. I don't believe this is configurable?
- The default Slack command to create a new card is
/trello add [card name]
. This is a bit generic. I'd hope to create a distinct command for only thebug
workflow.
Is my ideal doable with the default Slack & Trello integration? Do I need to use a third party service?
Best Answer
I accomplished this with the third party service Zapier. Zapier lets you build a 'Zap' which is a series of actions between your connected accounts. I named mine TrelloBugBot:
The steps:
trellobug
.trellobug
and turns it into lowercase.trellobug
and parses out the title of the bug.Zapier is free for 2 step Zaps. To set up this Zap you'll have to pay.