# Send Slack notifications

> Get a Slack message for every new submission using an automation tool.

Source: https://docs.formclick.io/help/slack-notifications

> **Note:** Slack isn’t a built-in integration yet. Connect it through a webhook and an automation tool, or use our built-in [Discord](https://formclick.io/integrations/discord) integration for chat alerts.

Formclick webhooks send JSON in their own format, which Slack’s incoming webhooks don’t accept directly. An automation tool sits in between and turns it into a Slack message.

### Step 1: Create a catch hook

In Zapier (“Webhooks by Zapier → Catch Hook”), Make (“Custom webhook”) or n8n (“Webhook” node), create a trigger and copy its URL.

### Step 2: Add it to Formclick

Open your form → **Integrations** → **Webhooks**, paste the URL and save. See [Configure a custom webhook](https://docs.formclick.io/help/webhook-setup).

### Step 3: Send a test submission

The automation tool receives the fields: `data.name`, `data.email`, `data.message` and so on.

### Step 4: Post to Slack

Add a “Send channel message” step and build the message from those fields, for example *New lead: {{data.name}} ({{data.email}})*.

The payload is documented in [Webhook events](https://docs.formclick.io/api-reference/webhook-events).