Receive Slack Alerts for Any Competitor Price Drop

The Schedule trigger is set to run every hour at the top of the hour (like 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am). This automated timing ensures you get timely alerts about price changes while avoiding excessive checks that might overwhelm your Slack channel. The system handles all the scheduling automatically once you activate the workflow.

Enter the complete URL of your competitor's product page in the "Enter the product page URL" field. Copy and paste the exact URL from your browser, including the "https://" part. The scraper will visit this page and extract all visible content, including current prices, sale banners, and promotional text. This raw data gets passed to the AI step for intelligent price analysis.

The AI prompt is pre-configured to find the current product price from the webpage content, factoring in any active sales or promotions. You can customize the prompt if needed, but the default version works well for most ecommerce sites. The AI will return just the numerical price value (without currency symbols) for accurate comparison in the next step.

Select your product from the dropdown menu or enter your product ID in the "Which of your products would you like to compare prices with?" field. You can find your product ID in your Shopify admin by going to Products, clicking on the specific product, and looking at the URL or product details. The system retrieves your current price and product information for the comparison.

The Filter step automatically compares the competitor's price (from the AI analysis) with your Shopify product price. If the competitor's price is lower than yours, the workflow continues to send the Slack notification. If their price is higher or equal, the workflow stops here and no alert is sent. This prevents unnecessary notifications and focuses only on actionable competitive intelligence.

Select your Slack channel from the dropdown menu in the "Which Slack channel should the message be sent to?" field. You'll need to invite the MESA Slack app to your workspace first by typing @MESA in any channel and clicking the Invite button. The message will include your product name, the competitor's current price, and a link to their product page for quick reference.