--- title: "Connect LifterLMS and Slack - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Course\" fires in LifterLMS, your agent runs \"Send Direct Message\" in Slack, or \"New Channel\" in Slack to \"Create a WordPress User\" in LifterLMS." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/lifterlms-to-slack" --- # Connect LifterLMS and Slack When **New Course** fires in [LifterLMS](https://apiant.ai/connections/lifterlms), your agent runs **Send Direct Message** in [Slack](https://apiant.ai/connections/slack), or **New Channel** in Slack to **Create a WordPress User** in LifterLMS. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. LifterLMS **10** triggers LifterLMS **14** actions Slack **15** triggers Slack **60** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want LifterLMS and Slack to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What LifterLMS and Slack can do together ### From LifterLMS to Slack - When **New Course** in LifterLMS then **Send Direct Message** in Slack - When **New Course Enrollment** in LifterLMS then **Send Ephemeral Message** in Slack ### From Slack to LifterLMS - When **New Channel** in Slack then **Create a WordPress User** in LifterLMS - When **New Channel Member** in Slack then **Enroll in a Course** in LifterLMS Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with LifterLMS and Slack ## Triggers and actions 25 triggers · 74 actions - Trigger **Course Access Cancelled** Triggers when a student's enrollment in the selected LifterLMS course is cancelled. - Trigger **Course Access Expired** Triggers when a student's access to a LifterLMS course expires. - Trigger **Membership Access Cancelled** Triggers when a student's access to a LifterLMS membership is cancelled. - Trigger **Membership Access Expired** Triggers when a student's access to the selected LifterLMS membership expires. - Trigger **New Course** Triggers when a new course is created in LifterLMS. - Trigger **New Course Enrollment** Triggers when a student enrolls in the selected LifterLMS course. - Trigger **New Membership** Triggers when a new LifterLMS membership is created. - Trigger **New Membership Enrollment** Triggers when a student is enrolled in the selected LifterLMS membership. - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new LifterLMS order is placed on your site, optionally limited to a status, student, product or access plan. - Trigger **New Student** Triggers when a new LifterLMS student (a WordPress user with the student role) is created. - Action **Cancel Course Access** Cancels a student's access to a LifterLMS course by setting their course enrollment status to cancelled. - Action **Cancel Membership Access** Cancels a student's access to a LifterLMS membership by setting their membership enrollment status to cancelled. - Action **Create a WordPress User** Creates a new WordPress user (a LifterLMS student) on your site, with the student role unless you choose another. - Action **Enroll in a Course** Enrolls a WordPress user (student) in a LifterLMS course and returns the new enrollment. - Action **Enroll in a Membership** Enrolls a WordPress user in a LifterLMS membership and returns the resulting enrollment. - Action **Expire Course Access** Sets a student's enrollment in a LifterLMS course to expired and returns the updated enrollment. - Action **Expire Membership Access** Sets a student's enrollment in a LifterLMS membership to expired and returns the updated enrollment. - Action **Find Courses** Searches LifterLMS courses by a search term and returns the matching courses. - Action **Get Course** Returns the details of a LifterLMS course, including its title, content, status, enrollment and access dates, and catalog settings. - Action **Get Course Enrollment** Returns a student's enrollment in a LifterLMS course, including its status, dates and what triggered it. - Action **Get Order** Returns the details of a LifterLMS order, including the student, purchased course or membership, access plan, totals and status. - Action **Retrieve a WordPress User** Returns a WordPress user (LifterLMS student) by their user ID, including profile and billing details. - Action **Search WordPress User by Email** Finds the WordPress user (LifterLMS student) whose email address exactly matches the one you supply, and returns their profile. - Action **Search WordPress User by Username** Finds the WordPress user on your LifterLMS site whose username exactly matches the one you supply, and returns their profile. - Trigger **New Channel** Triggers when a new channel is created in the workspace. - Trigger **New Channel (instant)** Triggers when a new channel is created (Slack event channel_created). - Trigger **New Channel Member** Triggers when a member joins a chosen channel (Slack event member_joined_channel). - Trigger **New File (instant)** Triggers when a new file is uploaded to the workspace (Slack event file_created). - Trigger **New Mention (instant)** Triggers when a username or keyword is mentioned in a channel. Events API message events with keyword filter. - Trigger **New Message Posted to Channel** Triggers when a message is posted to a chosen channel (Slack event message.channels). - Trigger **New Message Posted to Private Channel** Triggers when a message is posted to a chosen private channel or group DM (Slack events message.groups, message.mpim). - Trigger **New Pinned Item** Triggers when an item is pinned in a channel. - Trigger **New Public Message Posted Anywhere** Triggers when a message is posted to any public channel (Slack event message.channels). - Trigger **New Reaction Added** Triggers when an emoji reaction is added to a message (Slack event reaction_added). - Trigger **New Saved Message** Triggers when a message or file is saved (starred) (Slack event star_added). - Trigger **New Team Custom Emoji** Triggers when a custom emoji is added to the workspace (Slack event emoji_changed). - Trigger **New Thread Reply** Triggers when a new reply is added to a message thread. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new user joins the workspace. Polling; deduped by user id. - Trigger **New User (instant)** Triggers when a new user joins the workspace (Slack event team_join). - Action **Add Bookmark** Add a bookmark to a channel. - Action **Add Reaction** Add an emoji reaction to a message. - Action **Add Star** Save a message or file by starring it. - Action **Archive Channel** Archive a channel. - Action **Complete Reminder** Mark a reminder as complete. - Action **Create Canvas** Create a standalone canvas document. - Action **Create Channel** Create a new public or private channel. - Action **Create Channel Canvas** Create a canvas attached to a channel. - Action **Create Reminder** Create a reminder for a user at a specified time. - Action **Delete Canvas** Delete a canvas. - Action **Delete File** Delete a file from the workspace. - Action **Delete Message** Delete a message from a channel by timestamp. - Action **Delete Reminder** Delete a reminder. - Action **Delete Scheduled Message** Cancel a scheduled message before it is sent. - Action **Edit Bookmark** Edit an existing channel bookmark. - Action **Edit Canvas** Edit the content of a canvas. - Action **Find Channel by Name** List channels filtered to locate a channel by name (client filters the returned list). - Action **Find User by Email** Look up a Slack user by their email address. - Action **Get Channel Messages** Fetch the message history of a channel. - Action **Get File Info** Get information about a file. - Action **Get Message Permalink** Get a permanent link to a specific message. - Action **Get Message Reactions** Get the emoji reactions on a message. - Action **Get Team Info** Get information about the workspace. - Action **Get Thread Replies** Get the replies in a message thread. - Action **Get User Info** Get profile information for a Slack user by ID. - Action **Get User Presence** Get a user's current presence status. - Action **Get User Profile** Get a user's profile fields. - Action **Invite User to Channel** Invite one or more users to a channel (comma-separated user IDs). - Action **Join Channel** Join a public channel. - Action **Leave Channel** Leave a channel. - Action **List Bookmarks** List the bookmarks in a channel. - Action **List Channel Members** List the members of a channel. - Action **List Channels** List channels in the workspace (public and private). - Action **List Custom Emojis** List the workspace's custom emojis. - Action **List Files** List files in the workspace, optionally filtered by channel or user. - Action **List Pinned Items** List the items pinned in a channel. - Action **List Scheduled Messages** List messages scheduled to be sent later. - Action **List User Groups** List the workspace's user groups. - Action **List Users** List all users in the workspace. - Action **List User's Channels** List the channels a user is a member of. - Action **Mark Channel Read** Set the read cursor position in a channel. - Action **Pin Message** Pin a message to a channel. - Action **Remove Bookmark** Remove a bookmark from a channel. - Action **Remove Reaction** Remove an emoji reaction from a message. - Action **Remove Star** Remove a star from a message or file. - Action **Remove User from Channel** Remove a member from a channel. - Action **Rename Channel** Rename a channel. - Action **Schedule Message** Schedule a message to be sent to a channel at a future Unix time. - Action **Search Files** Search files across the workspace. - Action **Search Messages** Search messages across the workspace. - Action **Send Direct Message** Open a DM with a user and post a message to it. - Action **Send Ephemeral Message** Send a message in a channel that is visible only to one user. - Action **Send Message** Post a message to a channel, private group, or DM. - Action **Set Channel Purpose** Set the purpose (description) for a channel. - Action **Set Channel Topic** Set the topic for a channel. - Action **Set User Presence** Set the authenticated user's presence status. - Action **Unarchive Channel** Restore an archived channel. - Action **Unpin Message** Remove a pinned message from a channel. - Action **Update Message** Update an existing message in a channel by timestamp. - Action **Upload File** Upload a file and share it to one or more channels. ## Each app on its own - [ **LifterLMS** LifterLMS is a WordPress-based LMS solution that makes it easy to create, sell, and protect engaging online...](https://apiant.ai/connections/lifterlms) - [ **Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connections/slack) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from LifterLMS - [ **LifterLMS to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/lifterlms-to-salesforce) - [ **LifterLMS to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/lifterlms-to-mailchimp) - [ **LifterLMS to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/lifterlms-to-stripe) - [ **LifterLMS to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/lifterlms-to-shopify) - [ **LifterLMS to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/lifterlms-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **LifterLMS to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/lifterlms-to-pipedrive) ## More into Slack - [ **Salesforce to Slack** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-slack) - [ **Google Calendar to Slack** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-slack) - [ **Mailchimp to Slack** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-slack) - [ **Stripe to Slack** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/stripe-to-slack) - [ **Shopify to Slack** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-slack) - [ **Notion to Slack** A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-slack) Questions ## LifterLMS and Slack, answered ### ### What can start an automation from LifterLMS? Any of LifterLMS's 10 triggers in the catalog, including New Course, New Course Enrollment, New Membership and New Membership Enrollment. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Slack when something happens in LifterLMS? Any of Slack's 60 actions, including Create Canvas, Create Channel, Create Channel Canvas and Create Reminder. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Slack to LifterLMS? Yes. When something happens in Slack, your agent can act in LifterLMS too. This page covers both directions: Slack's triggers and LifterLMS's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for LifterLMS or Slack? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use LifterLMS and Slack without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.