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List Cloudflare DNS records from Slack

Give your team a quick, current view of zone records without asking them to open Cloudflare.

Trigger

Channel Message Received

Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.

Action

List DNS Records

Tool to list DNS records for a given Cloudflare zone.

Why this helps

People lose time checking whether a record exists or remembering which value is live.

  • Answer infrastructure questions in context
  • Reduce unnecessary console access
  • Surface the current record state

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Slackbot and Cloudflare api key once in Notis.
  • 2Create an automation named DNS lookup assistant.
  • 3Tell Notis to identify the requested zone and return a concise record summary.
  • 4Pick Channel Message Received as the trigger and select a report channel.
  • 5Test with a real record lookup question.

Questions about this workflow

What if the zone is ambiguous?

Notis can ask for the exact zone before listing records.

Is this workflow read only?

Yes. It uses the list action and does not change DNS.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Slackbot to Cloudflare api key. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Slackbot triggers

Cloudflare api key actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Create DNS Record

Tool to create a new DNS record in a Cloudflare zone. Use when you need to add a record (A, CNAME, TXT, MX, etc.) to a specified zone.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create Zone Lockdown Rule

Tool to create a Zone Lockdown rule. Use when you need to restrict access to specific URL patterns to defined IPs/CIDR ranges. Use after confirming zone_id.

ActionInstant

New Channel Created Trigger

Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.

TriggerInstant

Create Rule in Ruleset

Tool to add a rule to an existing ruleset. Use when you need to append or insert a new rule in a Cloudflare ruleset.

ActionInstant

Channel Message Received

Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.

TriggerInstant

Create Ruleset

Tool to create an account- or zone-scoped ruleset. Use after defining your ruleset details and selecting the correct scope.

ActionInstant

Direct Message Received

Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.

TriggerInstant

Delete DNS Record

Tool to delete a DNS record. Use when you need to remove a specific DNS record from a zone after confirming both zone and record IDs.

ActionInstant

Message Reaction Added

Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.

TriggerInstant

Delete DNSSEC

Tool to delete DNSSEC records for a zone. Use after disabling DNSSEC at the registrar to remove DNSSEC configuration.

ActionInstant

Message Reaction Removed

Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.

TriggerInstant

Delete Rule from Ruleset

Tool to delete a specific rule from a ruleset. Use when you need to remove an outdated or incorrect rule from an account or zone ruleset after confirming IDs.

ActionInstant

Reaction Added Trigger

DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.

TriggerInstant

Delete Ruleset

Tool to delete all versions of a ruleset. Use when you need to remove a ruleset from an account or zone after confirming no references exist.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Slackbot and Cloudflare api key, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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