Exercise – creating a multi-step Zap with an RSS feed digest
You can use one of the processes that you defined in Chapter 2, Preparing to Automate Your Processes, to work through the content in this section, if appropriate. Try to incorporate multiple apps in your workflow.
You might want to create a monthly digest of your three favorite blogs. You want to receive the summary on the first of the month at 9 a.m. in a Slack message, and to add a task to MeisterTask so that you don't forget to read them. If you don't mark your task as complete after 7 days, you want to receive another reminder in Slack.
Here is an example of a simple workflow you could build to automate this process:
- Trigger: Add the RSS by Zapier New Items in Multiple Feeds event trigger and specify the blogs that you want to receive feed updates for.
- Action: Add a Digest by Zapier Append Entry and Schedule Digest action event and specify Frequency as Monthly, Day Of The Month as 1...