Automations on Skool are pretty limited and a lot of times frustrating. API is something that developers use to provide automation solutions by allowing an app to talk to other apps/codes. Solutions like Zapier, Make and N8N are basically a way to simplify all of that with no code needed. The problem is that Skool does not have a public API. It is also not featured at N8N. Meaning you're limited to automations on Zapier and Make. Of course automation wizards can go around that, but the alternative solutions are usually complicated and against Skool's terms and services. The Skool integration with Make is basically useless. The only possible action is to Invite a New Member. So we are left with Zapier. Here is what you can do with it: --> Triggers: the starting point of an automation - Membership questions: take the answers of the membership questions and use them to store somewhere or peform an action. The problem: it would be great if it didn't also work for rejected members. So you can't use that for email automations or automatic messages, as they would also include people you don't want inside your community. So it's only decent use case is market research. - New PAID member: that's right, the triger only works for members who paid. If your community is free, you can't use that. And another stupid limitation: the trigger also don't work if a member joined at a free trial! What a joke. ---> Actions: stuff you can do after the automation already started - Invite member: invite a member to a specific classroom course - Unlock course for member: the name says it all That's it. Shitty triggers with annoying and unecessary restrictions and patetically limited actions. No way to automate messages, posts, calendar events, add auto moderation. No way to get info for stuff beyond member's answers. And no open API to get around those limitations in an ethical way. In Plan Your Tech I'm always discussing and looking for ways to go around those limitations and do the best with what we have.

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