How to Archive Slack Messages to Notion with Make

make.com > Scenarios > Create a new scenario

Create a new Make scenario

Log into Make at make.com and click the blue 'Create a new scenario' button in the top right of the Scenarios dashboard. You'll land on the visual scenario canvas — a dark grid where you'll drag and connect modules. The canvas starts empty with a single prompt circle in the center labeled 'Add a module'. This is your starting point for the trigger.

1. 1Log into make.com
2. 2Click 'Create a new scenario' in the top right
3. 3Wait for the visual canvas to load
4. 4Click the large circle with a question mark in the center of the canvas

Canvas > Add module > Slack > Watch Reactions

Add the Slack trigger module

In the module search panel, type 'Slack' and select it from the results. Make will show you a list of Slack trigger options. Choose 'Watch Reactions' — this fires every time a specific emoji reaction is added to any message in your workspace. This approach is more reliable than watching starred messages because the Slack Stars API was deprecated in early 2023 for some plans.

1. 1Type 'Slack' in the module search bar
2. 2Click the Slack app icon
3. 3Scroll to the 'Triggers' section
4. 4Select 'Watch Reactions'

Slack module > Connection > Add > Slack OAuth

Connect your Slack account

Click 'Add' next to the Connection field to create a new Slack connection. Make will open a popup window that redirects to Slack's OAuth screen. Select the correct Slack workspace from the dropdown in the top right of that popup, then click 'Allow'. After authorization, Make returns you to the module config panel with your workspace name showing in the Connection field.

1. 1Click the 'Add' button next to the Connection field
2. 2In the Slack OAuth popup, confirm the correct workspace is selected in the top-right dropdown
3. 3Click 'Allow' to grant Make the required permissions
4. 4Wait for the popup to close and return to the Make canvas

Slack module > Watch Reactions > Reaction Name / Channel / Limit

Configure the Slack trigger settings

With the connection established, fill in the trigger configuration. Set 'Reaction Name' to the emoji you want to use as the archive trigger — type it without colons, e.g., 'pushpin' for 📌. Leave 'Channel' blank to watch all channels, or enter a specific channel ID to scope it. Set 'Limit' to 1. This module outputs one message bundle per reaction event, containing the message text, sender user ID, channel ID, timestamp, and permalink.

1. 1In the 'Reaction Name' field, type your chosen emoji name without colons (e.g., pushpin)
2. 2Leave 'Channel' blank to catch reactions across all channels, or paste a channel ID to restrict
3. 3Set 'Limit' to 1
4. 4Click 'OK' to save the module

Canvas > + after Slack trigger > Slack > Get a Message

Add a Slack 'Get a Message' module to fetch full content

The Watch Reactions trigger only gives you the message's timestamp and channel — not the full message text. Click the '+' icon to the right of the Slack trigger module to add a second module. Search for Slack again and select 'Get a Message'. This module takes the channel ID and message timestamp from the trigger and fetches the complete message object, including the text body, sender display name, and any thread replies count.

1. 1Click the small '+' circle on the right edge of the Slack trigger module
2. 2Search 'Slack' in the module panel
3. 3Select 'Get a Message' under Actions
4. 4Use the same Slack connection from Step 3

📬 New entry: {{1.name}}
Email: {{1.email}}
Details: {{1.description}}

Get a Message module > Channel ID / Message TS

Map fields in the 'Get a Message' module

In the 'Get a Message' configuration panel, click into the 'Channel ID' field and select the channel value from the Watch Reactions output — it appears in the dynamic variable picker as '1. Channel ID'. Do the same for 'Message TS', selecting '1. Item Timestamp' from the picker. These two values together uniquely identify any Slack message. Click 'OK' to save.

1. 1Click into the 'Channel ID' field
2. 2Click the variable picker icon (looks like a stack of coins)
3. 3Select '1. Channel ID' from the Watch Reactions output
4. 4Click into 'Message TS' and select '1. Item Timestamp'
5. 5Click 'OK'

📬 New entry: {{1.name}}
Email: {{1.email}}
Details: {{1.description}}

Canvas > + after Get a Message > Slack > Get a User

Resolve sender name with 'Get a User' module

The message object returns a user ID like U04AB3XYZ, not a display name. Add a third module — Slack 'Get a User' — to convert that ID into a readable name before writing to Notion. Connect it after 'Get a Message'. In the User ID field, map '2. User' from the Get a Message output. This gives you fields like 'Real Name' and 'Display Name' to use in Notion.

1. 1Click '+' after the 'Get a Message' module
2. 2Search 'Slack' and select 'Get a User'
3. 3Use the same Slack connection
4. 4Map 'User ID' to '2. User' from the previous module's output
5. 5Click 'OK'

This formula goes in the 'Title' property field of Make's Notion module. It strips Slack's markdown link syntax (e.g., <https://example.com|label>) and user mention tags (e.g., <@U04AB3XYZ>) from the message text before writing to Notion, so your Notion entries don't contain raw Slack formatting tokens.

{{replace(
  replace(
    replace(

{{replace(
  replace(
    replace(
      replace(
        2.text;
        "/<@[A-Z0-9]+>/g";
        "[user]"
      );
      "/<#[A-Z0-9]+\\|([^>]+)>/g";
      "#$1"
    );
    "/<([^|>]+)\\|([^>]+)>/g";
    "$2"
  );
  "/<([^>]+)>/g";
  "$1"
)}}

Canvas > + after Get a User > Notion > Create a Database Item

Add the Notion 'Create a Database Item' module

Click '+' after 'Get a User' and search for Notion. Select 'Create a Database Item'. Connect your Notion account via OAuth — Make will open a Notion permission popup asking which pages to grant access. You must explicitly select the database you want to archive into, otherwise Make cannot see it. After connecting, use the 'Database ID' dropdown to select your archive database.

1. 1Click '+' after the 'Get a User' module
2. 2Search 'Notion' and select 'Create a Database Item'
3. 3Click 'Add' to create a Notion connection
4. 4In the Notion OAuth popup, check the box next to your archive database page
5. 5Click 'Allow access', then select the database from the 'Database ID' dropdown in Make

Notion module > Create a Database Item > Property fields

Map Slack fields to Notion database properties

With the Notion module open, map each property field using values from the earlier modules. For the Title property, use '2. Text' from Get a Message (the message body). For Author, use '3. Real Name' from Get a User. For Channel, use '1. Channel ID' from Watch Reactions. For Timestamp, use formatDate({{1.item.ts}} * 1000; 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss') to convert the Unix timestamp to an ISO date. For Permalink, paste the message link from '2. Permalink' in Get a Message.

1. 1Click the 'Title' property field and map '2. Text' from Get a Message
2. 2Click the 'Author' field and map '3. Real Name' from Get a User
3. 3Click the 'Channel' field and map '1. Channel Name' from Watch Reactions
4. 4Click the 'Archived At' date field and enter: formatDate({{1.item.ts}} * 1000; "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss")
5. 5Click the 'Permalink' field and map '2. Permalink' from Get a Message
6. 6Click 'OK'

Make canvas > Run once (bottom left)

Run a test and verify the Notion entry

Click 'Run once' at the bottom left of the Make canvas. Then go to your Slack workspace and add your chosen emoji reaction (e.g., 📌) to any message in a channel Make has access to. Within 30-90 seconds, Make should detect the event and execute all four modules. Watch the module bubbles — each one gets a green checkmark and a number indicating how many bundles were processed.

1. 1Click 'Run once' in the bottom toolbar
2. 2Switch to Slack and react to any message with your chosen emoji
3. 3Return to Make and watch the module execution indicators
4. 4Click the green checkmark bubble on the Notion module to inspect the output data
5. 5Open Notion and confirm the new database entry exists with correct field values

Make canvas > Scenario toggle (bottom left) > ON

Activate the scenario

Once the test run looks correct, click the toggle switch at the bottom left of the canvas to turn the scenario ON. The toggle turns blue and the scenario status changes from 'OFF' to 'ON'. Make will now listen for the Slack webhook continuously. Check the 'History' tab after your first live run to confirm the scenario executed without errors.

1. 1Confirm all modules show no red error badges
2. 2Click the gray toggle switch at the bottom left — it turns blue
3. 3Click 'Save' (floppy disk icon) to persist the active state
4. 4Check the 'History' tab after the first real reaction to verify a successful run