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Publish and Remind Teams of the On-Call Schedule Each Week

Confusion over who's on call causes delays. Publish the week's on-call schedule across teams and remind each engineer before their shift.

difficulty Beginnersetup 30 minresult Everyone knows who's on call and engineers are reminded before their shift, reducing coverage confusion.
  1. 1

    Pull the Schedule

    Add a Schedule Trigger weekly and an HTTP Request fetching the on-call rotation.

  2. 2

    Publish It

    Add a Slack node posting the week's on-call schedule to each team channel.

  3. 3

    Remind Before Shifts

    Add reminders that DM each engineer before their shift starts.

  4. 4

    Handle Swaps

    Add a step re-publishing if the schedule changes mid-week.

  5. 5

    Activate and Test

    Activate the workflow and run it once. Confirm the schedule and reminders post.

Frequently asked questions

Why remind individually?

A channel post is easy to miss; a personal reminder ensures the on-call engineer is actually ready.

What about overrides?

Reflect overrides and swaps automatically so the published schedule is always current.

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