Zapier integration

Getting started with Zapier integration

You’re invited to start using The Brief app on Zapier. With this integration, you can seamlessly connect The Brief to your workflows and automatically generate creatives with ease. Click here to accept the invitation and get started.

1. Get your The Brief designs ready

The integration with Zapier allows you to automatically create design variations based on already existing designs in your account. So, to use The Brief with Zapier, you need an active subscription and a few designs or design sets under your team.

Make sure the designs you'll use as templates in Zapier have their layers named, and don't use the same naming for 2 layers so they can be identified in Zapier. You'll have to indicate in Zapier which layer or element you want to change in order to generate a new design.

If you have designs with multiple slides, it's best to name the layers differently, like "Heading slide1, heading slide2", etc., so they can be identified in Zapier to replace the content in each layer as you wish.

Another important thing to remember when working with Zapier is to ensure that the new elements you'll use to create design variations are of similar size and format to the original elements in your template. For example, if your original heading is 4 words, try to keep the new heading to a similar size so the newly generated creative looks good.

If you're new to The Brief, you can find more details in the link below.

The Briefhelp.thebrief.ai

Help Center

2. Create an API key

In your The Brief account, under your profile (upper right corner where your name is), go to Manage account and select API credentials. On this screen, you can create an API key that you'll use to connect your The Brief account to your Zapier account later on. We'll show you later how to use it.

Profile > Manage account > API credentials

Create API key to use later in Zapier

3. Access Zapier

Use the Access Zapier link to start connecting The Brief and Zapier. Accept the invitation, as shown in the screenshot below, so you can locate the app in Zapier and begin building your first Zap.

Deleting an API key will block all already configured integrations from accessing TheBrief API. That means your Zapier workflows won't work anymore, for example. Either create a new API key and replace it in the integrations you made before deleting it, or generate a new one and re-create the integrations.