Query Your Trello Board Using Natural Language with OpenAI GPT

💬 Chat with Your Trello Board (n8n + OpenAI)

📖 Description Turn your Trello board into a conversational assistant. This workflow pulls your board → lists → cards, aggregates the context, and lets you ask natural-language questions (“what’s overdue?”, “summarize In Progress”, “what changed this week?”). OpenAI reasons over the live board data and replies with concise answers or summaries. Great for standups, planning, and quick status checks—without opening Trello.

> Setup steps are already embedded in the workflow (Trello API + OpenAI + board URL). Just follow the sticky notes inside the canvas.

🧪 Example prompts “Give me a one-paragraph summary of the board.” “List all cards due this week with their lists.” “What’s blocking items in ‘In Progress’?” “Show new cards added in the last 2 days.”

⚙️ Setup Instructions

1️⃣ Connect Trello (Developer API) Get your API key: https://trello.com/app-key
Generate a token (from the same page → Token) In n8n → Credentials → New → Trello API, paste API Key and Token, save.
Open each Trello node (Get Board, Get Lists, Get Cards) and select your Trello credential.

2️⃣ Set Up OpenAI Connection Go to OpenAI Platform
Navigate to OpenAI Billing
Add funds to your billing account
Copy your API key into the OpenAI credentials in n8n

3️⃣ Add Your Board URL to “Get Board” Copy your Trello board URL (e.g., https://trello.com/b/DCpuJbnd/administrative-tasks).
Open the Get Board node → Resource: Board, Operation: Get.
In ID, choose URL mode and paste the board URL.
The node will resolve the board and output its id → used by Get Lists / Get Cards.

📬 Contact Need help customizing this or adding Slack/Email outputs?

📧 robert@ynteractive.com 🔗 Robert Breen 🌐 ynteractive.com