How to Mention Team Members Across Slack and Coda

Quick summary

This tutorial shows how to build a Zapier automation that triggers on a Slack mention and automatically updates a row in Coda, keeping your team's cross-platform activity in sync. By connecting Slack's New Mention trigger to Coda's Update Row action, teams can track every username or keyword mention without manual effort.

Steps

1. Log in to Zapier, click Create, and select Zaps to begin building your automation.
2. Select Slack as your trigger app.
3. Choose New Mention as the trigger event to detect when someone is mentioned in a public channel.
4. Connect your Slack workspace by clicking Sign In to authorize the integration.
5. Specify which mentions to track — enter your username or relevant highlight keywords.
6. Click Test trigger to pull a sample mention and confirm the trigger is working.
7. Select Coda as your action app.
8. Select Update Row as the Coda action to define what happens when a mention is detected.
9. Connect your Coda account by signing in if it is not already linked.
10. Choose which Coda document should receive the mention data.
11. Click Test step to confirm Slack mentions are correctly appearing in Coda.
12. Click Publish to activate your Zap and start syncing mentions automatically.