IT OPS

Pre-Renewal Seat Right-Sizing Review

Fires ahead of each license renewal date on your calendar, builds a usage report of active vs. dormant seats.

CategoryIT Ops
Enginesim
Difficultybeginner
Triggerevent
Steps4
Setup~5 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerRenewal calendar event reminder firesGoogle CalendarGoogle Calendar
  • ActionRead vendor seat usage from AirtableAirtableAirtable
  • LogicSplit active vs dormant, compute renewal qty
  • OutputPost right-sizing recommendation to SlackSlack

What it does

Catches over-provisioning before the invoice lands. A few weeks before a contract renews, it pulls current seat usage, calculates how many seats are actually active, and recommends a renewal count so you don't pay for dormant licenses another year.

When to use it

Ideal for annual or quarterly SaaS contracts where renewal is the only realistic moment to drop unused seats. Run it per vendor so each negotiation starts from real data.

How it works

  1. 1A Google Calendar event tagged as a license renewal triggers the run on its reminder.
  2. 2The flow reads the vendor's seat usage rows from Airtable, including last-activity dates.
  3. 3A logic step splits seats into active and dormant buckets and computes the recommended renewal quantity.
  4. 4A summary with current cost, suggested seat count, and projected savings is posted to the procurement Slack channel for sign-off.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect Google CalendarEvents, attendees, availability.
  2. 2
    Connect AirtableBases, tables, views, automations.
  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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