Automated Email listing changes and additions

[Andi Williams]

I am trying to create and automated email that will report on any additions or changes to my board.

My board is used by many on my team. I would like to avoid adding another label such as New or Updated because if not used by all on the team, any changes or additions will not be reported.

Is there a way to add an action in the Create Scheduled automations that reports any changes since the previous email?

[Oleksandr]

Hi Andi!

Unfortunately, Trello's native automation doesn't have an option to report all board changes in a scheduled email — it can only trigger actions based on specific events, not summarize activity over a period of time.

You might find the Board Assistant Power-Up useful — it has an Extended Activity Log section that shows a consolidated view of all activity across team members and multiple boards, with various filters by date, member, and action type. There's no email delivery yet, but it could be a good way to review changes manually.

If email reporting is important for you, it's worth suggesting this feature directly to the developers via the Power-Up page: https://trello.com/power-ups/685016dd47b5654ae385bba6

[Rishabh S]

Hi @Andi Williams , :)
Hope you are doing well,
Welcome to the community!!

Trello has an email report feature, but it doesn’t include a native option to send reports for all cards updated or added within a specific time frame.

One way to achieve this is with a few automations and a custom field.

1. Go to Automations > Rules.
2. Create a rule for the specific actions you care about (e.g., moving lists, adding checklists, or leaving comments).
3. Add few rules similar to this one: When a comment is added to a card, set custom field "Last Updated" to now.

Once done, You can setup a email report automation:
1: Goto Automation > Scheduled
2: Add the Action: create a report in variable "weeklyupdates" with all cards where custom field "Last Updated" is in the past 2 days...
3: Add the email report: send an email to [Email Address] with subject "Weekly Board Changes" and message "Here are the recent updates: {$weeklyupdates}"

If this is not feasible, you can look for some third-party power-ups from our marketplace that might offer this feature: https://trello.com/power-ups

Thanks.