Claude Automation Tutorial: Build Your First AI Workflow
8 min read • January 27, 2025
Claude is incredibly powerful for conversation, but the real magic happens when you connect it to your tools. This tutorial walks you through building your first automated workflow.
What We'll Build
By the end of this tutorial, you'll have an "AI Chief of Staff" that can:
- Read messages from a Slack channel
- Create Linear tickets from those messages
- Update a Notion database with the ticket info
- Send a confirmation back to Slack
The Power of Cross-Tool Automation
The difference between Claude alone and Claude with MCP is the difference between "Claude can talk about my work" and "Claude can do my work." With MCP servers, Claude becomes an active participant in your workflows, not just an advisor.
Step 1: Connect Your Tools
First, connect all three tools to Toolsy:
- Go to toolsy.today and sign in
- Connect Slack via OAuth
- Connect Linear via OAuth
- Connect Notion via OAuth
Step 2: Create Your Multi-Tool MCP
Use the AI wizard with this prompt:
"I want to read Slack messages, create Linear issues, and update Notion databases"
Step 3: Install and Test
Copy the generated config to Claude Desktop, restart, and you're ready to go.
Example Workflow in Action
Now you can tell Claude:
"Read the last 5 messages from #support-requests. For any that look like bug reports, create a Linear issue and add a row to my Bug Tracker Notion database. Then reply in the Slack thread confirming the ticket was created."
Claude will execute this entire workflow automatically, touching three different tools in one request.
Ideas for Automation
- Morning briefing: Summarize Slack, pull top priorities from Linear, check calendar
- Meeting notes: Send Notion meeting notes summary to Slack channel
- PR reviews: Get GitHub PRs, summarize changes, post to team channel
- Weekly digest: Pull activity from multiple tools, compile report