AI AGENTS

Onboarding Escalating Reminder Ladder

Tracks how many times each onboarding owner has already been reminded and escalates the channel — gentle email first, then a direct Slack DM, then a manager loop-in.

CategoryAI Agents
Enginesim
Difficultyadvanced
Triggerschedule
Steps6
Setup~25 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerDaily schedule fires
  • ActionRead overdue artifacts + reminder countAirtableAirtable
  • LogicBranch by escalation tier
  • ActionTier 1 soft email reminderGmailGmail
  • ActionTier 2 direct Slack DM to ownerSlack
  • OutputTier 3 Slack post tagging manager + log tierSlack

What it does

Applies a tiered escalation ladder to overdue onboarding artifacts. Instead of sending the same email forever, it raises the pressure step by step based on the existing nudge count, switching from email to Slack and finally pulling in a manager.

When to use it

Use it when polite single-channel reminders aren't landing and onboarding routinely stalls on the same unresponsive owners. It's ideal once you already track a reminder count per artifact and want a humane but firm cadence that ends in escalation.

How it works

  1. 1A daily schedule starts the run.
  2. 2The agent reads overdue, still-missing artifacts and their current reminder count from Airtable.
  3. 3A branch routes each item by count: 0-1 reminders, 2-3 reminders, or 4+.
  4. 4Tier 1 sends a soft email via Gmail; Tier 2 sends a direct Slack DM to the owner; Tier 3 posts in a Slack channel that tags the owner's manager.
  5. 5The agent increments the reminder count and records which tier and channel were used back in Airtable for an audit trail.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect AirtableBases, tables, views, automations.
  2. 2
    Connect GmailRead, draft, send, label.
  3. 3
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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