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Draft a Stripe invoice when a Trello card is labelled
Add your billing label to a finished card and Stripe drafts the invoice for that customer, with the card name written onto the line item.
Trigger: Label added to a card
Action: Create an invoice
About 11 minutes to set up
How this flow works
Syncline watches Trello for Label added to a card. When that happens it runs Create an invoice in Stripe with the fields you mapped.
- Connect Trello, pick the board, and name the label that means bill this.
- Connect Stripe in test mode with the restricted key from Stripe Connect.
- Map the customer email and set the amount from your price labels.
- Label one card, read the draft in Stripe, then repeat the connection in live mode.
Field mapping
| From Trello | To Stripe | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Card name | Customer email | Cards on a billing board carry the customer address in the title, and Stripe is matched on it before anything is drafted. |
| Labels | Amount | Price labels map onto figures set on the flow, so a card labelled Retainer always draws the same amount. |
| Board | Currency | One board per region sets the billing currency, which stops a euro job being invoiced in dollars. |
| List | Status | Only cards sitting on the list you name produce a draft, and everything else is skipped with a line in the history. |
Why teams run it
- Invoicing starts from the board where work actually finishes
- A label is a decision a person makes, so nothing bills by accident
- The draft carries the card name, so the customer recognises it
Who uses it
A freelancer who runs client work on a board and bills at the end of each project.
About the two apps
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Trello
Trello is the task board people actually keep updated, because moving a card takes one second. Syncline creates those cards from other systems and reports back when they move.
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Stripe
Stripe knows the moment money arrives, fails or goes back out. Syncline turns each of those events into something your team can see and act on within a couple of minutes.
Questions
What if the card name has no email in it?
The run stops and says so. Teams that dislike putting an address in a title map a custom field instead, which the flow reads the same way.
Can removing the label cancel the invoice?
No, and deliberately so. Voiding an invoice is a finance decision that belongs in Stripe, not in a flow reacting to a label being dragged off.
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