Build a Slack Bot That Pings You the Moment a Prospect Raises Funding

import requests
import os

FS_API_KEY = os.environ["FUNDING_SIGNALS_KEY"]
SLACK_WEBHOOK = os.environ["SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL"]

# tune this to your ICP
PARAMS = {
    "min_score": 80,
    "min_raise": 3_000_000,
    "industry": "technology",
    "has_contact": "true",
    "limit": 10,
}

def fetch_signals():
    resp = requests.get(
        "https://funding-signals-api.onrender.com/v1/signals",
        headers={"X-API-Key": FS_API_KEY},
        params=PARAMS,
    )
    resp.raise_for_status()
    return resp.json()

def post_to_slack(signal):
    text = (
        f"*{signal['company_name']}* just raised "
        f"${signal['amount_usd']:,} ({signal['industry']}) — score "
        f"{signal['score']}/100\n"
        f"<https://funding-signals-api.onrender.com/v1/signals/{signal['id']}/lead"
        f"?utm_source=slackbot|View enriched lead>"
    )
    requests.post(SLACK_WEBHOOK, json={"text": text})

def main():
    for signal in fetch_signals():
        post_to_slack(signal)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

# .github/workflows/funding-alerts.yml
name: funding-alerts
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 13 * * 1-5"  # 9am ET, weekdays
  workflow_dispatch: {}

jobs:
  alert:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5        with:
          python-version: "3.12"
      - run: pip install requests
      - run: python alert.py
        env:
          FUNDING_SIGNALS_KEY: ${{ secrets.FUNDING_SIGNALS_KEY }}
          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}

import json
from pathlib import Path

SEEN_FILE = Path("seen_ids.json")

def load_seen():
    if SEEN_FILE.exists():
        return set(json.loads(SEEN_FILE.read_text()))
    return set()

def save_seen(ids):
    SEEN_FILE.write_text(json.dumps(sorted(ids)))

def main():
    seen = load_seen()
    signals = fetch_signals()
    new = [s for s in signals if s["id"] not in seen]
    for signal in new:
        post_to_slack(signal)
    save_seen(seen | {s["id"] for s in new})