# Monday.com Timeline Stage Alerts to Slack and Close Zap

> This Zap watches the timeline stages of Monday.com items and notifies the team in Slack each time an item reaches a new stage.

Section: Zapier Automations

Page: https://showcase.growlyze.cloud/case/zapier-monday-timeline-stage-alerts-to-slack-and-close

This Zap watches the timeline stages of Monday.com items and notifies the team in Slack each time an item reaches a new stage. Items on the Monday.com boards follow a programme timeline: 45, 60 and 90 days in, and 60, 45 and 1 day left. When an item reaches one of these stages, the Zap triggers, updates the item and sends a message to the team’s Slack channel.

At the 45-days-left stage it also checks Close for the opportunity: if it is found, the stage is updated, and if not, a new opportunity is created. A Slack notification goes out either way.

**How it works**

- Starts on a webhook: a Webhooks by Zapier “Catch Hook” step starts the Zap when an item reaches a stage.
- Finds the item: looks the item up in monday.com.
- Works out the stage: a Code by Zapier step runs Python, then Paths split the Zap into branches for the different timeline stages.
- Updates monday.com: each branch updates the item.
- Notifies the team: each branch ends with a Slack channel message.
- Handles Close: one branch looks up contacts in Close and creates a lead and an opportunity where needed, before notifying Slack.

Image: Steps 1–16 and 31–33: the webhook trigger, the monday.com lookup, the Python step, and the Paths that update items and notify Slack. (https://showcase.growlyze.cloud/case-content/zapier-portfolio/image17.png)

Image: Steps 17–30: the Close branches that find contacts and create leads and opportunities, each ending in a Slack message. (https://showcase.growlyze.cloud/case-content/zapier-portfolio/image18.png)