An application of IFTTT for current awareness monitoring

1. Using
to follow topics on blogs
Raquel M. Ortiz
RWU Law Library

2. Create an account

3. Create an applet
1. Go to My Applets
2. Click on the New Applet button

4. IF THIS = Source
Click on +this to start the applet

5. Search for the RSS feed service

6. Choose “New feed item matches” as the
“trigger”
To generally follow an RSS
feed, use the “New feed item”
trigger.

7. In this step, set up what you want to see from
the RSS feed.
Find the Feed URL by clicking on the
subscribe link or RSS symbol that appears
on the main page of the blog.
RSS Symbol

8. That = Output

9. In this step, select the method by which you
wish to receive results. If you have not yet set
up the service, you will be prompted to do so.
Depending on your search,
you may wish to receive a
daily or weekly email digest
of all the relevant tweets.

10. There is only one action for email.

11. Use Complete Action fields to
customize the email you receive.
Click on Add Ingredient to
select IFTTT fields to include
in the email

12. Customized email
By changing the subject to “AHCA on
Health Law Profs Blog” and adding the
Entry Title to the body of the email, I can
now easily find all of the related emails in
my Inbox and have the information I
need to determine whether a blog post is
relevant to my research.

13. As a final step, review your applet.
This is the title of your
applet—not easy to
understand. Select the
text to change it.

14. By using a title that is meaningful, one can later identify the
applet and delete it when it stops being relevant.
Don’t forget to click “Finish”
to save the applet!

15. This is confirmation that your applet is
saved.

16. To delete an Applet, go to My Applets and
select the appropriate applet.
Click on the
gear icon.
Scroll to the
bottom of the
Configure page to
delete the applet.