Contract Renewal Alert
A daily automation reads your contract log and flags anything expiring in exactly 30, 7, or 1 day that hasn't been marked renewed. The contract owner gets a reminder email and your team gets a Slack alert, so renewals never quietly lapse.
Automation flow
Daily Trigger
Runs every morning at 8am.
Read Contract Log
Pulls the full contract sheet.
Filter Expiring Contracts
Flags contracts hitting the 30/7/1-day thresholds.
Renewal Reminder
Emails the contract owner.
Team Alert
Posts a Slack summary.
How it works
- 1Every morning, the full contract log is read.
- 2Any contract not marked
Renewed = Yesand expiring in exactly 30, 7, or 1 day(s) is flagged. - 3The contract owner gets a reminder email with the client name and expiry date.
- 4Your team gets a Slack heads-up so renewals don't rely on one person's memory.
Services used
What you'll need
- An n8n Cloud or self-hosted account
- A Google account (Sheets)
- A Slack workspace (optional)
*This template automates renewal reminders only — it is not legal advice, and does not review contract terms or handle the renewal itself.*
What's included
- Three-stage reminder cadence out of the box
- No-code setup in 15 minutes
- Slack visibility for the whole team
- Easy to add more reminder thresholds
Estimate what this could save you
3.6 hours/month
≈ $108/month in your time
A rough estimate based on what you enter above — not a guarantee. Actual time saved depends on your process.
Make it yours
- Change the reminder cadence (e.g. add 60 days for higher-value contracts).
- Once renewed, set
Renewed = Yesto silence further reminders for that row — or add a second column for the new expiry date and let the automation pick it up next cycle. - Route reminders to different owners per contract type by adding a filter step.
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Save with the complete system: Legal Ops Bundle
Instead of buying separately: $68 — System: $29
Questions about this template
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Structurally validated: automatically checked for valid n8n format before every deploy.
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Setup time
- ~15 min
- Integrations
- 3
- Node count
- 5
- Format
- .json + guide