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Q: What community platforms does crowd.dev aggregate data from?

crowd.dev connects to GitHub (issues, PRs, stars, forks), Discord, Slack, DEV.to, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, Reddit, LinkedIn, and Twitter. The platform merges member identities across these sources so you get a unified profile for each community participant.

Q: What events can the crowd.dev Trigger node listen for?

The trigger node supports new member events, new activity events, and new organisation events. You can configure it to fire on any or all of these event types. For example, you might trigger a workflow only when a new organisation (company) is detected engaging with your community.

Q: How does the trigger node connect to crowd.dev?

You authenticate using a crowd.dev API key, which you generate from your crowd.dev account settings. In n8n, you create a crowd.dev credential with that API key, then select it in the trigger node configuration. The node polls the crowd.dev API at your specified interval.

Q: Can I filter community events by specific criteria?

The trigger node itself fires on all events of the selected type. You can add IF or Switch nodes immediately after the trigger in n8n to filter by criteria like platform source, member attributes, organisation name, or activity type. This lets you route high-value signals differently from routine activity.

Q: How would I connect community signals to my CRM?

After the crowd.dev Trigger fires, add a CRM node (Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive) to your n8n workflow. Map the community member's email or organisation to a CRM contact or account record. You can create new records, update existing ones, or add notes about the community activity.

Q: Is crowd.dev still actively maintained?

crowd.dev pivoted its product direction in 2024 and the managed cloud service was wound down. However, the open-source self-hosted version remains available on GitHub. If you are already running a self-hosted crowd.dev instance, the n8n trigger node still works against your local API endpoint.

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About crowd.dev Trigger

The crowd.dev Trigger node in n8n fires your automation workflows whenever new community activity is detected in crowd.dev, an open-source platform that aggregates developer community data from GitHub, Discord, Slack, and other sources into a single view.

If you run a developer-focused product, community engagement is a leading indicator for product adoption, churn risk, and expansion opportunities. The problem is that this activity is scattered across platforms. Someone opens an issue on GitHub, another person asks a question in Discord, and a third posts in your Slack community. crowd.dev pulls all of that together, and the Trigger node in n8n lets you act on it automatically.

Practical uses include alerting your team when a new high-value community member signs up, creating CRM records when someone from a target account engages in your community, or tracking activity trends to identify potential advocates. The node watches for new members, new activities, and new organisations appearing in your crowd.dev data, then passes the details into whatever n8n workflow you have built. For teams that want to connect community signals to their sales and product workflows, see our system integrations services.

crowd.dev Trigger FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about how crowd.dev Trigger consultants can help with integration and implementation

What community platforms does crowd.dev aggregate data from?

What events can the crowd.dev Trigger node listen for?

How does the trigger node connect to crowd.dev?

Can I filter community events by specific criteria?

How would I connect community signals to my CRM?

Is crowd.dev still actively maintained?

How it works

We work hand-in-hand with you to implement crowd.dev Trigger

As crowd.dev Trigger consultants we work with you hand in hand build more efficient and effective operations. Here’s how we will work with you to automate your business and integrate crowd.dev Trigger with integrate and automate 800+ tools.

Step 1

Generate a crowd.dev API Key

In your crowd.dev instance (self-hosted or cloud), navigate to the settings page and generate an API key. This key authenticates n8n’s requests to the crowd.dev API. Store it securely since it grants read access to your community data.

Step 2

Add crowd.dev Credentials in n8n

In your n8n instance, go to Credentials and create a new crowd.dev API credential. Paste in the API key from the previous step. If you are running a self-hosted crowd.dev instance, update the base URL to point to your server instead of the default cloud endpoint.

Step 3

Configure the crowd.dev Trigger Node

Add a crowd.dev Trigger node to a new n8n workflow. Select the credential you just created and choose which event types to listen for: new members, new activities, new organisations, or a combination. Set the polling interval based on how quickly you need to react to community events.

Step 4

Add Filtering Logic

Place an IF or Switch node after the trigger to route events based on criteria that matter to your team. For example, filter for activities from members whose organisation matches your target account list, or for new members who joined via GitHub (indicating developer engagement).

Step 5

Connect to Downstream Systems

Wire filtered events to the systems your team uses. Send high-value community member alerts to a Slack channel, create leads in your CRM for enterprise-domain members, or push activity metrics to a Google Sheet or data warehouse for reporting.

Step 6

Validate and Activate the Workflow

Trigger a test event in crowd.dev by performing an action on one of your connected platforms (e.g. starring a GitHub repo). Confirm the trigger fires in n8n and the data flows through your filter and into the downstream system correctly. Then activate the workflow for ongoing monitoring.

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