# Automate Connectors

### About this export

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| **content_type** | lesson |
| **platform** | contentstack-academy |
| **source_url** | https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/automate-foundations/automate-connectors |
| **course_slug** | automate-foundations |
| **lesson_slug** | automate-connectors |
| **markdown_file_url** | /academy/md/courses/automate-foundations/automate-connectors.md |
| **generated_at** | 2026-05-04T05:36:42.842Z |

> Part of **[Automate Foundations](https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/automate-foundations)** on Contentstack Academy. **Academy MD v3** — structured for retrieval; no quiz or assessment keys.

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#### Lesson text

## Automate Connectors

Automation Hub **connectors** are third-party applications that you can use with Automation Hub to automate certain tasks. Here are a few connectors you can set up quickly and use in an automation.![automate-connectors.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt450a11a187293158/6648df3f015b1c5aaa56ef88/automate-connectors.png)

Here are some examples of actions you can perform in Contentstack's Automation Hub**:**

*   **Update Content:** Imagine you have a library, and when new books arrive, your librarian automatically updates the catalog with the book's information, including its title, author, and genre. Similarly, the "Update Content" action in Contentstack automatically modifies specific fields or attributes of a content entry when triggered.
    

  
![update-entry.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltd5d421643619410c/6648dfa60a0de6ffe5314ce9/update-entry.png)**Publish Content:** Think of a newspaper editor who, upon finalizing an article, presses a button to send it for printing and distribution to the subscribers. In Contentstack, when triggered, the "Contentstack Action - Publish Content" automatically publishes content to your website, mobile app, or any other digital channels.  For example, the Trigger may be Entry Update, so every time an Entry is saved. the Automation Hub re-publishes the content to an 'Instant Preview' frontend site. 

![publish-entry.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt3fb4550b9d2c404f/6648dfe34ac76e417540f869/publish-entry.png)**Notify Team:** Consider a fire alarm system in a building that detects smoke or fire and immediately alerts the building occupants with loud sirens and flashing lights. Similarly, the "Email by Automation Hub" and "Slack" actions in Automation Hub send notifications or alerts to designated team members, such as sending an email or a message in a collaboration tool like Slack, when a trigger event is detected.

![communicate.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt01249a627ac710d3/6648e00d0a0de65c88314ced/communicate.png)**Create Task:** Picture a project manager who wants to create a Jira task when an item is assigned in Workflow.  When an Entry is set to a workflow stage in Contentstack, an Automation is triggered to create a new Jira task.  In Contentstack, when triggered, the ["JIRA" action](https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/automation-hub-connectors/jira/) generates new tasks or assigns tasks to team members in Jira and works together with the content workflow.

![choose-connector.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt472505ba83ebeb1f/6648e04916e6bf7142590c5b/choose-connector.png)

![connector-detail.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt2bd9a0b07a06bf3b/6648e0674284321e941989a0/connector-detail.png)

#### Key takeaways

- Connect **Automate Connectors** back to your stack configuration before moving to the next module.
- Capture one concrete artifact (screenshot, Postman call, or code snippet) that proves the step works in your environment.
- Re-read the delivery versus management boundary for anything you changed in the entry model.

## Supplement for indexing

### Content summary

Automate Connectors. Automate Connectors Automation Hub connectors are third-party applications that you can use with Automation Hub to automate certain tasks. Here are a few connectors you can set up quickly and use in an automation.! automate-connectors.png (https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt450a11a187293158/6648df3f015b1c5aaa56ef88/automate-connectors.png) Here are some examples of actions you can perform in Contentstack's Automation Hub : Update Content: Imagine you have a library, and when new books arrive, your librarian automatically updates the catalog with the book's information, including its title, author, and genre. Similarly, the "Update Content" action in Contentstack

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### Asset references

| Label | URL |
| --- | --- |
| automate-connectors.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt450a11a187293158/6648df3f015b1c5aaa56ef88/automate-connectors.png` |
| update-entry.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltd5d421643619410c/6648dfa60a0de6ffe5314ce9/update-entry.png` |
| publish-entry.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt3fb4550b9d2c404f/6648dfe34ac76e417540f869/publish-entry.png` |
| communicate.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt01249a627ac710d3/6648e00d0a0de65c88314ced/communicate.png` |
| choose-connector.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt472505ba83ebeb1f/6648e04916e6bf7142590c5b/choose-connector.png` |
| connector-detail.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt2bd9a0b07a06bf3b/6648e0674284321e941989a0/connector-detail.png` |

### External links

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| Contentstack Academy home | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/` |
| Training instance setup | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/training-instance` |
| Academy playground (GitHub) | `https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-academy-playground` |
| Contentstack documentation | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/` |
| automate-connectors.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt450a11a187293158/6648df3f015b1c5aaa56ef88/automate-connectors.png` |
| update-entry.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltd5d421643619410c/6648dfa60a0de6ffe5314ce9/update-entry.png` |
| publish-entry.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt3fb4550b9d2c404f/6648dfe34ac76e417540f869/publish-entry.png` |
| communicate.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt01249a627ac710d3/6648e00d0a0de65c88314ced/communicate.png` |
| "JIRA" action | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/automation-hub-connectors/jira/` |
| choose-connector.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt472505ba83ebeb1f/6648e04916e6bf7142590c5b/choose-connector.png` |
| connector-detail.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt2bd9a0b07a06bf3b/6648e0674284321e941989a0/connector-detail.png` |