Create List - Automate.ax

slack.createList creates a standalone List. Slack Lists require a paid workspace.

automations/create-release-list.automation.ts

import { automation, onDashboardRun } from "automate.ax"
import { slack } from "automate.ax/slack"

export default automation("Create release List", () => {
  onDashboardRun({ title: "Create release List" })

  slack.createList({
    name: "Releases",
    schema: [
      { key: "name", name: "Name", type: "text", isPrimaryColumn: true },
      { key: "due", name: "Due", type: "date" },
    ],
    todoMode: true,
  })
})

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`name`	`string`	Yes	List name.
`descriptionBlocks`	Slack rich-text blocks	No	Rich-text List description.
`schema`	`SlackListColumn[]`	No	Column definitions. Slack creates one text column when omitted.
`todoMode`	`boolean`	No	Adds Slack’s completed, assignee, and due-date task fields.
`copyFromListId`	`string`	No	Existing List whose structure is copied.
`includeCopiedListRecords`	`boolean`	No	Also copies records; requires `copyFromListId`.

Column types are text, message, number, select, date, user, attachment, checkbox, email, phone, channel, rating, created_by, last_edited_by, created_time, last_edited_time, vote, canvas, reference, and link. A List can have at most one primary column, and it must be text.

Output

Returns listId and optional metadata with Slack’s generated column IDs, subtask columns, integrations, and views. Preserve generated column IDs when creating or updating items.