Connect Discourse and folk
Integrate Discourse with folk to automate workflows, sync data between apps, and eliminate repetitive tasks with AI-powered automation.
Popular Discourse + folk flows
Start from a real workflow other teams are already running.
Choose a trigger
Discourse
When this happens...
Fetch New Posts
Choose an action
folk
Automatically do this!
Create Person
Create Company
Update Person
Update Company
List Person
List Company
Get a Company
Get a Person
Create Person in Folk when Fetch New Posts from Discourse
Use this flowCreate Company in Folk when Fetch New Posts from Discourse
Use this flowUpdate Person in Folk when Fetch New Posts from Discourse
Use this flowUpdate Company in Folk when Fetch New Posts from Discourse
Use this flowList Person from Folk when Fetch New Posts from Discourse
Use this flowList Company from Folk when Fetch New Posts from Discourse
Use this flowGet a Company in Folk when Fetch New Posts from Discourse
Use this flowGet a Person in Folk when Fetch New Posts from Discourse
Use this flowCreate Post on Discourse when Company Added in Folk
Use this flowCreate Discourse User in Discourse when Company Added in Folk
Use this flowSupported Triggers & Actions
Everything you can automate between Discourse and folk.
When this happensTriggers
A trigger is an event that starts a workflow.
Fetch New Posts
Retrieve posts created on the Discourse forum since the specified recent time (returns posts from the last N minutes).
Company Added
Triggers when a new company is created or added to a group.
Person Added
Triggers when a new person is created or added to a group.
Company Removed
Triggers when a company is deleted from the workspace or removed from a group.
Company Updated
Triggers when a company basic field ( like name, email or URL) in a group is updated.
Person Removed
Triggers when a person is deleted from the workspace or removed from a group.
Do thisActions
Action is the task that follows automatically within your Discourse integrations.
Create Post
Add a post to Discourse — reply to an existing topic or start a new topic with a title and category.
Create Discourse User
Create a new Discourse user account with name, email, username, and password. Optionally activate and approve the account; returns confirmation or activation instructions.
Create Tag Group
Creates a new tag group in Discourse.
Create Person
Add Person
Create Company
Create a new contact Company in your folk group .
Update Person
Update a contact Person in your folk group.
Learn how to build your first workflow
Follow a simple walkthrough to create, test, and launch your first automation.
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Connect your apps
Link the apps you want to automate.
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Configure your workflow
Set up triggers, actions, and map your data.
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Test & publish
Test your workflow and publish it.
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About Discourse
Discourse is a modern forum solution that facilitates community discussions, Q&A, and social interactions. It offers a range of features including real-time notifications, moderation tools, and customizable themes to enhance user engagement.
Learn moreAbout folk
Folk is the next-generation CRM for teams, designed to make relationship management simple, collaborative, and adaptable. It centralizes contacts, deals, and communications in one intuitive workspace, so teams can work together seamlessly. With customizable fields, powerful search, and flexible pipelines, Folk adapts to any workflow — whether for sales, recruiting, partnerships, or community building. Its modern design and integrations help teams save time, stay organized, and focus on building stronger relationships.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sign up for a free viaSocket account, then authorize both your Discourse and folk accounts. From there, pick a trigger in one app and an action in the other. Your first workflow can be live in under five minutes.
Yes. viaSocket uses instant triggers where available, so data moves between Discourse and folk as soon as the event happens. Scheduled polling triggers run at a maximum interval of 15 minutes.
Yes. You can map specific fields, apply filters to skip records that do not match your conditions, and transform values before they reach folk. No coding required.
Yes. You can set up a workflow where Discourse triggers actions in folk, and a separate workflow where folk triggers actions in Discourse. Both run independently and in real time.
viaSocket logs every run so you can see exactly what succeeded and what failed. Failed tasks can be retried from the dashboard without re-configuring the workflow.
Yes, there is a free plan that covers basic workflows between Discourse and folk. Paid plans unlock higher task limits, faster polling, and advanced features like multi-step workflows and conditional logic.
No. The entire Discourse and folk integration is built through a visual, point-and-click interface. Code blocks are available if you want them, but they are never required.
