Hi everyone,
I wanted to share something that I think could be useful for makers who work with finance, geopolitics, or any workflow that depends on timely and reliable news data.
The Gap We Saw
Until now, Make.com scenarios did not have a direct and reliable feed for real time financial and geopolitical events.
If you wanted an alert for a major corporate earnings report or a geopolitical crisis, you often had to combine RSS feeds, scrapers, or delayed APIs. That approach was messy and often too slow.
What Is Now Possible
With finlight now connected to Make.com, scenarios can react to breaking events within seconds or pull highly targeted news on a schedule.
You can filter directly by ticker, exchange, source, keywords, and more, so only relevant events reach your workflows.
Two Example Scenarios
Here are two quick examples to show what’s possible.
Scenario 1: Real Time Tesla and Apple Breaking News Alert
-
Trigger: Webhook query:
(+ticker:TSLA OR +ticker:AAPL) AND ("earnings" OR "quarterly results") AND NOT crypto -
Actions: Send alert to Slack, then log in Google Sheets
Scenario 2: Weekly Market Trends Report
-
Trigger: Schedule every Monday at 9 AM
-
Search Query:
("mergers and acquisitions" OR "market trends" OR "economic outlook") AND (exchange:NASDAQ OR exchange:NYSE)- Targets major business activity and macroeconomic updates for US markets
-
Actions: Aggregate the articles and sort by relevance
-
Actions: Create a Google Doc or PDF with headlines and summaries
-
Actions: Email the document to marketing, research, or strategy teams
Why Share This Here
The goal is to inspire ideas for how real time financial and geopolitical intelligence could fit into your automations.
Whether it is portfolio alerts, crisis response workflows, or research tools, having structured data available instantly can be the missing piece.
How to Try It
-
Webhooks are available starting in the Pro tier
-
Search is available in all tiers
-
Read the Documentation to get started
Join the Conversation
How would you use this in your workflows?
I am looking forward to hearing your ideas and learning from the community