Connect Discourse and Shortcut
Integrate Discourse with Shortcut to automate workflows, sync data between apps, and eliminate repetitive tasks with AI-powered automation.
Popular Discourse + Shortcut flows
Start from a real workflow other teams are already running.
Choose a trigger
Discourse
When this happens...
Fetch New Posts
Choose an action
Shortcut
Automatically do this!
Create Story
Search Stories
Create a Category
Create a Label
Find or Create a Story
Create Epic
List Category Milestones
List Category Objectives
Get Entity Template
Get Epic Workflow
List Epics
Get Epic
List Iterations
List Labels
List Members
List Milestones
List Objectives
Create Post on Discourse when New Category in Shortcut
Use this flowCreate Discourse User in Discourse when New Category in Shortcut
Use this flowCreate Tag Group in Discourse when New Category in Shortcut
Use this flowCreate Post on Discourse when New Story in Shortcut
Use this flowCreate Discourse User in Discourse when New Story in Shortcut
Use this flowCreate Tag Group in Discourse when New Story in Shortcut
Use this flowCreate Post on Discourse when New Epic in Shortcut
Use this flowCreate Discourse User in Discourse when New Epic in Shortcut
Use this flowCreate Tag Group in Discourse when New Epic in Shortcut
Use this flowCreate Post on Discourse when New Label in Shortcut
Use this flowSupported Triggers & Actions
Everything you can automate between Discourse and Shortcut.
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).
New Category
Triggers when a new Category is Created.
New Story
Triggers when a new Story is Created.
New Epic
Triggers when a new epic is created.
New Label
Triggers when a new label is created.
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 Story
Creates a new story in Shortcut.
Search Stories
Finds stories in your Shortcut workspace using a text query or selected filters.
Create a Category
Creates a new Category in Shortcut.
Learn how to build your first workflow
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Connect your apps
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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 Shortcut
Shortcut is a project management tool designed to help teams plan, collaborate, and track their work efficiently. It offers features like task management, workflow automation, and team collaboration to streamline project execution.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sign up for a free viaSocket account, then authorize both your Discourse and Shortcut 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 Shortcut 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 Shortcut. No coding required.
Yes. You can set up a workflow where Discourse triggers actions in Shortcut, and a separate workflow where Shortcut 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 Shortcut. Paid plans unlock higher task limits, faster polling, and advanced features like multi-step workflows and conditional logic.
No. The entire Discourse and Shortcut integration is built through a visual, point-and-click interface. Code blocks are available if you want them, but they are never required.
