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Freedcamp Zapier integrationAutomate Freedcamp with Zapier.

The Freedcamp Zapier integration gives you 4 triggers, 9 actions and 0 searches. The triggers are instant and mostly personal: they follow what happens to you. The actions create projects, tasks and comments, and read lists back. Here is each one.

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Overview

What the Freedcamp Zapier integration does

Freedcamp is a project management tool where a team organizes projects, tasks and discussions inside project groups. The Zapier integration lets Freedcamp events start automations elsewhere, and lets other tools create projects, tasks and comments in Freedcamp without anyone retyping them.

Three results you can build quickly. Projects that start ready: New Project Created plus Create Task drops the standard kickoff task into each new project. A personal inbox that leaves Freedcamp: Task Assigned to Me and New Comment send what concerns you to the tool you actually watch all day. Requests turned into tasks: a form or a ticket in another tool becomes a Freedcamp task through Create Task, with its priority set.

What the integration does not do is just as useful to know. It has no search step, so a Zap cannot look up a task by name; you need its ID from an earlier step. There is no action to complete, delete or move a task, and no trigger for a new task in general: only tasks assigned to you, tasks completed and comments on tasks you follow. The triggers see the world from the connected user's point of view.

The Freedcamp Make integration page covers the same app on another platform, and our Zapier review gives the broader picture of the tool.

Vocabulary

The Zapier words used on this page

Seven terms, explained once in plain English.

Zap
An automation you set up on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run each time that trigger happens.
Trigger
The event that starts a Zap, like a task being completed in Freedcamp. Once the Zap is on, Zapier waits for it.
Action
What the Zap does after it starts: the step that creates, updates or fetches something in an app for you.
Task
Zapier's billing unit: one action your Zap completes successfully. Not to be confused with a Freedcamp task.
Polling vs instant
A polling trigger is checked by Zapier on a timer. An instant trigger is pushed by the app as soon as the event happens.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap continue only when the incoming data meets a condition you choose, and stops it otherwise.
Connection
Your Freedcamp account linked to Zapier once, then reused by every Freedcamp step in every Zap you build.
Cost

What Freedcamp on Zapier really costs

Freedcamp is not a premium app, so it runs on Zapier's free plan. Zapier bills tasks, and here a task means an action that worked.

  • Free plan100 tasks a month, unlimited Zaps, two steps per Zap
  • Premium appNo, Freedcamp runs on the free plan
  • Triggers4 instant, 0 polling
  • What counts as a taskEach action that completes, read actions included

The trigger is free, and so is the wait. Each successful action counts as one task, including the read actions like Get Tasks or Show Projects; a failed action does not count. The free plan offers 100 tasks a month and unlimited Zaps, two steps each: one trigger, one action. A filter or a second action makes the Zap multi-step and requires a paid plan. All four Freedcamp triggers are instant, so the polling grid below never delays them.

Connect

Connect Freedcamp to Zapier in three steps

  1. 01

    Add the connection from Apps

    In Zapier, go to the Apps page and click + Add connection. Search Freedcamp in the dialog and select it. You need a Freedcamp account first, ideally the one that owns or administers your project groups.

  2. 02

    Sign in to Freedcamp

    Click Add connection. Freedcamp opens in a new tab: sign in with the account whose projects, tasks and comments the Zaps should work with. Remember that several triggers only see what concerns this user.

  3. 03

    Grant access

    Allow Zapier to access the account. The connection is saved, and every Freedcamp trigger and action in your Zaps reuses it from then on, with no password to paste again.

First Zap

Your first Zap: a kickoff task in every new project

GoalA small design studio wants each new client project in Freedcamp to start with the same kickoff task and a comment that explains it, so nobody forgets the first meeting.

  1. 01

    Build: pick New Project Created

    Start a new Zap, choose Freedcamp and the event New Project Created. Select your connection, and decide whether projects you create yourself should count.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger

    Run the test. Zapier brings back the three most recent projects of the account, so create a sample project in one of your groups beforehand and pick it.

  3. 03

    Add Create Task

    Add Freedcamp with Create Task. Fill the four required fields: Project Group, Project (mapped from the trigger), Task Title such as Kickoff meeting, and Priority.

  4. 04

    Add Add Comment

    Add Add Comment, map Task to the task created in the step before and write the Description. This second action makes the Zap multi-step, so it needs a paid plan.

  5. 05

    Test, then publish

    Test each step and open the sample project in Freedcamp to check the task and its comment. Then click Publish to turn the Zap on.

Triggers

The 4 Freedcamp triggers

4 events start a Zap when something happens in Freedcamp, and 4 of them are instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

1

New Comment

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a comment is added to a task you are subscribed on.”

Starts your Zap when someone comments on a Freedcamp task you are subscribed to, inside the project groups you select.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
a freelance developer who lives in email rather than in Freedcamp can forward client comments to their inbox, and answer the same day.
Watch out
you must pick at least one Project Group, and comments on tasks you do not follow never arrive. Set Ignore My Comments to yes, or your own replies will start the Zap too.
2

New Project Created

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new project is created in your OWN or ADMINISTRATED groups.”

Fires each time a new project appears in a Freedcamp group that you own or administer, which makes it the natural start for project setup routines.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
a marketing team that runs every campaign as a Freedcamp project can open the matching budget line in its spreadsheet as soon as the project exists.
Watch out
projects created in groups where you are only a member are invisible to it. The Ignore Projects Created by Me option skips the ones you create yourself.
3

Task Assigned to Me

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new or existing task is assigned to you.”

Goes off when a task, new or already existing, gets assigned to you in Freedcamp. It is the trigger for a personal to-do flow.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
a consultant juggling several client workspaces can copy every assignment into the one calendar or to-do app they actually check each morning.
Watch out
it follows the connected user only. To track a colleague's assignments, they need their own connection. Ignore Assignments Made by Me filters out tasks you hand to yourself.
4

Task Completed

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a task is marked as completed.”

Runs your Zap when a Freedcamp task is marked as completed, so the end of one piece of work can start the next one somewhere else.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
an agency account manager can post a short update to the client channel each time a deliverable task is closed, without writing it by hand.
Watch out
by default your own completions count too. Switch on Ignore Completed by Me if the Zap should only react to the rest of the team.
Actions

The 9 Freedcamp actions

Freedcamp gives you 9 actions. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Add Comment

Action

In Zapier“Creates a new comment for a task.”

Writes a comment on an existing task. You give it the Task and the Description, both mandatory.

When to use it
logging on the task what happened elsewhere, such as an approval received by email.
Watch out
a New Comment Zap watching the same task can fire again because of this comment.
2

Add Discussion Comment

Action

In Zapier“Creates a new comment for a discussion.”

Posts a comment in a Freedcamp discussion rather than on a task. It requires the Discussion and the Description.

When to use it
feeding a team discussion thread with updates coming from another tool.
Watch out
the discussion must already exist; this action does not create one.
3

Get Tasks

Action

In Zapier“Get a list of all tasks”

Returns the list of tasks of one project, which you must choose in the Project field.

When to use it
building a status summary of a project to send to a client or a manager.
Watch out
it reads, it does not change anything, but it still costs a task every time it succeeds.
4

Notifications

Action

In Zapier“Get a list of your notifications”

Fetches the list of your Freedcamp notifications, without any setting to choose.

When to use it
gathering them into a single digest you read outside Freedcamp, for example in your team chat.
Watch out
it returns the connected user's notifications only, never the team's.
5

Create Project

Action

In Zapier“Creates a new project in a project group.”

Creates a new project inside a Freedcamp project group. Two fields are required: the Project Group and the Project Name.

When to use it
when a deal is won in your CRM, open the delivery project straight away.
Watch out
if this Zap also starts from New Project Created in the same group, it will set itself off in a loop.
6

Session

Action

In Zapier“Get your current session”

Returns the current session of the connected Freedcamp account. It has no required field.

When to use it
checking which account a Zap is really running under before you trust its results.
Watch out
it is a technical step that changes nothing in Freedcamp, yet each successful run still uses a task.
7

Show Projects

Action

In Zapier“Show list of all projects”

Lists all the projects the connected account can reach, with no field to fill in.

When to use it
feeding a portfolio overview kept in another tool.
Watch out
the result is a list, and the steps that follow need to know how to handle several items at once.
8

Create Task

Action

In Zapier“Creates a new task in a task list.”

Adds a task to a task list. It is the most demanding action here: Project Group, Project, Task Title and Priority are all required.

When to use it
turning a support ticket or a form request into a task the team will see.
Watch out
Priority is mandatory, so give it a fixed value when the source has none.
9

Update Task

Action

In Zapier“Update an existing Task”

Changes an existing task. It needs the Task Id and the Task Title, even if the title stays the same.

When to use it
keeping a task in step with a ticket that changes in your helpdesk.
Watch out
with no search step available, the Task Id has to come from an earlier step, and the current title must be mapped back if it should not change.
When it breaks

When a Freedcamp Zap breaks

Zapier attaches no help article to Freedcamp, and no app-specific limit is documented. The failures come from how Zapier and these personal triggers behave.

Four cases to know before you publish. All of them can be prevented once you know where they come from. If something still goes wrong, the Zapier troubleshooting page picks up from there.

  • The project loop

    A Zap that starts on New Project Created and ends with Create Project in the same group triggers itself again and again, burning through your tasks.

  • Past tasks stay put

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after publishing. Tasks assigned or completed last week are never replayed; moving that backlog is a separate job.

  • Bulk changes can be held back

    If a trigger suddenly sends a huge batch, after an import or a migration, Zapier's flood protection can hold it back instead of running every Zap.

  • Your own activity fires the Zap

    Without the Ignore options set to yes, your own comments, assignments and completions start the Zap, which can create echoes and duplicates.
Need help

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FAQ

Freedcamp Zapier integration: frequent questions

01Is the Freedcamp Zapier integration free?
Yes. Freedcamp is not a premium app, so it works on Zapier's free plan, which includes 100 tasks a month and unlimited Zaps. The catch is that each Zap is limited to two steps, one trigger and one action. The kickoff Zap on this page, with Create Task followed by Add Comment, has two actions, so it needs a paid plan. The same is true as soon as you add a filter to any Freedcamp Zap.
02How many tasks does a Freedcamp Zap use?
One per action that completes successfully. Triggers like Task Completed cost nothing, and neither does the waiting. Each successful action counts, including the read-only ones such as Get Tasks, Show Projects, Notifications and Session, even though they change nothing in Freedcamp. An action that fails is not counted. A Zap that creates a task and then comments on it therefore costs two tasks per run. On the free plan, that Zap is not even possible, since it has two actions.
03Do Freedcamp triggers run in real time?
Yes. All four Freedcamp triggers are instant: Freedcamp notifies Zapier as soon as the event happens, and the Zap starts at once. The polling intervals tied to your plan, 15 minutes on Free and down to 1 minute on Team and Enterprise, do not apply. In the editor, a Zap built on an instant trigger shows a lightning bolt. Keep in mind that these triggers only see events that concern the connected user.
04What does it take to connect Freedcamp to Zapier?
A Freedcamp account with access to the project groups you want to automate. In Zapier, open Apps, click + Add connection, pick Freedcamp, sign in in the new tab and grant access. Several operations ask for a Project Group, and New Project Created only watches groups you own or administer. Connecting the account that owns or administers those groups avoids discovering later that the group you need is not offered. If a trigger stays silent, check that account first.
05Why does a teammate's task assignment not start the Zap?
Because Task Assigned to Me only fires for tasks assigned to the connected user. Freedcamp's triggers are personal: New Comment follows tasks you are subscribed to, and Task Assigned to Me follows your own assignments. To react to a colleague's assignments, that colleague needs a Zap built on their own Freedcamp connection. Task Completed and New Project Created are wider, but they are still limited to what the connected account can see.
06What if the Freedcamp action you need is not on Zapier?
Then this integration cannot do it today. Freedcamp offers nine actions on Zapier: creating projects, tasks and comments, updating a task, and reading tasks, projects, notifications and the session. There is no search, and no action to complete, delete or move a task. The options are to redesign the flow around the available actions, or to check whether another automation platform covers the missing step for Freedcamp. Write down the exact missing step before comparing.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for Freedcamp?
Pick by criteria, not by a ranking. On Zapier, Freedcamp brings four instant triggers and nine actions, and it runs on the free plan, which suits simple two-step flows. The deciding question is whether the step you need is on that list: there is no search, and no action to complete, delete or move a task. Check what each platform offers for Freedcamp on its own integration page before deciding.
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