As an avid Trello user, I constantly come across content, tasks, or ideas that I need to capture in Trello without breaking my flow. And it’s not just me!
The ability to quickly capture and organize content is the only way to ensure nothing falls through the cracks, and wrestling with clunky integrations or jumping between tabs defeats the purpose.
Why You Need a "Send to Trello" Automation
While Trello’s new Inbox feature gets us pretty close, I found it’s still missing a few things. Sometimes I know exactly which board I want to send something to, not my Inbox, and I don’t want to take the extra step to sort it later. I also cant customize what attributes are set on the card. Sometimes the AI is great at guessing, but sometimes I need more specific control.
Here's why relying on standard methods to send content to Trello often falls short:
- Limited Browser Extensions: Trello did have a Chrome extension, and while they're bringing one back, it send the item directly to your personal Trello inbox. This is fine for quick capture, but it immediately creates a second step: moving the card to the correct board and list. It lacks control and configuration.
- Lack of Customization: Most out-of-the-box Trello integrations are rigid. You can't configure where the card goes, what it looks like, which board and list it lands on, or what labels it should automatically include. You're stuck with a one-size-fits-all solution.
- Tool-Specific Limitations: Standard integrations are often limited to a single source—say, turning a starred email into a Trello card, or a slack message. They aren't versatile enough to work seamlessly from multiple places like a website, a specific document, a support ticket, a contact record, etc.
The Solution: PixieBrix Gets Your Content From Anywhere Into Trello
Imagine a tool that works directly within the websites you already use, allowing you to create a perfectly formatted Trello card, on the correct board and list, with a single click, from any page. This is where PixieBrix comes in.
This is why I initially started using PixieBrix years ago, to build my own custom tool for capturing content on a page and sending it to where I wanted in Trello. And the platform has only gotten better, more powerful, and easier to work with since then.
PixieBrix is a low-code platform that lets you customize and automate your browser experience. Instead of being limited by generic extensions, you build a custom Trello capture mechanism that perfectly matches your workflow, or use the one we built out of the box that works with any webpage!
It solves the versatility problem by letting you create a card from anywhere while giving you full control over the card’s destination and content.
How to Get the Send to Trello Mod
Getting started is simple and quick:
- Create an Account: Go to app.pixiebrix.com and sign up for an account and follow the prompts to install the browser extension.
- Integrate Trello: Go to the Personal Integrations in PixieBrix and create a Trello integration. Follow the prompts to authorize PixieBrix to connect to your Trello account.
- Activate the Mod: Now you're ready to activate the prebuilt "Send to Trello" Mod and select the integration you configured in the previous step. This ready-made automation provides the core functionality, which you can further customize if needed.
How to Use the PixieBrix Send to Trello Mod
Once activated, this tool is available on just about any webpage in Chrome:
- Open the Sidebar: From any webpage, click the PixieBrix icon in your browser's toolbar or use the keyboard shortcut to open the sidebar.
- Use the Context Menu: Right click on any page and you'll The "Send to Trello" option will appear. Click it, fill in the details for your new card (by default it will grab a screenshot of the page, use the title of the page as the card's name, and add your custom note as a description). Select the correct board and list, and hit "Send."
- If you're on Zendesk, click the PixieBrix icon that appears at the top of a ticket!
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No more copy-pasting, context switching, or re-organizing. Your ideas, tasks, and links are instantly captured and placed exactly where they belong in Trello, letting you get back to what you were doing with minimal interruption.
What do you think? Any other features you'd like to see in it?